Friday, April 20, 2007

Hitherto and Henceforth

"Then Samuel took a stone... and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us" (1 Samuel 7:12). "By this I know that Thou favorest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me" (Psalm 41:11).

By this I surely know God's favor,
That this enemy within
Has been defeated by my Savior:
The tyranny of sin.

Hitherto the Lord has helped me,
And here this stone I raise,
To celebrate His victory
Henceforth for all my days.

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