“Upon Thy word I rest.
So strong, so sure:
So full of comfort blest,
So sweet, so pure —
The word that changeth not, that faileth never!
My King, I rest upon Thy word forever.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 599.

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British poet and hymn-writer 1836–1879

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