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113. THE MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL

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​Author:  Unknown
​Music Source:  Johann J. Vetter's Sammlung einiger christlichen Lieder für die Kinder, 1834

​Tr. Apostolic Elders, 1921
​1. Should I restrain the Spirit’s course
    For fear of man so feeble?
    Though Satan’s hosts are raging here,
    Should I not be more faithful?
    Awed by a mortal’s frown, shall I
    Conceal the Word of God Most High?
 
2. Should praise of man be more to me
    Than God’s most blessed favor?
    And though man might reject His word,
    The Truth remains forever;
    Unchanging, sure, it does impart
    A comfort to the poor in heart.
 
3. O Lord, behold the frown of them
    Who still reject Thy mercy!
    Could I attain a blessed end,
    If I would now forsake Thee?
    And could I live with Thee on high
    If Jesus Christ I would deny?
 
4. Shall I to please the blinded throng
    Withhold Thy word so truthful?
    Or thus to soothe the ears of men
    Of their reproach be mindful,
    To gain earth’s gilded joys, or flee
    The cross endured, my Lord, by Thee?
 
5. What then is he whose scorn I dread,
    Whose wrath or hate dismaying?
    It is but mortal man I know,
    His frown I am not fearing.
    He is an heir of death, a slave
    To sin, a bubble on the wave!
 
6. Yea, let men rage; my God is still
    My refuge and my tower.
    I shall arise to my reward,
    Awakened by His power,
    Since in all pain Thy tender love
    Will still a consolation prove.
 
7. O, may I seek the souls who stray
    And save them from destruction,
    And through Thy holy love still lead
    Them to Thy congregation.
    May pray’rs and pleadings penetrate
    To warn them of their lost estate.
 
8. The mortal man may quite disown
    And speak in bold derision
    Against my labors and my name;
    Yet blest is my condition.
    The love of God dispels the fear
    And makes my faith in Him more dear.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements