The phrase "interpose" resonates through 10 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...And take my needful rest:
Nor fear, nor danger interpose,
Of Thy defense possessed....
And take my needful rest:
Nor fear, nor danger interpose,
Of Thy defense possessed.
...Came down to suffer shame and death?
Let sovereign mercy interpose
To rescue sinners from their doom;...
Came down to suffer shame and death?
Let sovereign mercy interpose
To rescue sinners from their doom;
...To wrath divine were doomed,
Abr’am the patriarch interposed
And thus his plea assumed....
To wrath divine were doomed,
Abr’am the patriarch interposed
And thus his plea assumed.
...And tremble, while we sing Thy praise.
Had not Thy mercy interposed,
When sleeping in our sins we lay,...
And tremble, while we sing Thy praise.
Had not Thy mercy interposed,
When sleeping in our sins we lay,
...The cure would soon be wrought.
Do Thou, dear Savior, interpose,
Their stubborn wills constrain;...
The cure would soon be wrought.
Do Thou, dear Savior, interpose,
Their stubborn wills constrain;
...Many hands were raised to wound Him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced Him...
Many hands were raised to wound Him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced Him
...So may our spirits glow with faith divine,
Where no dark cloud of sin shall interpose.
All praise and glory to the Father be,...
So may our spirits glow with faith divine,
Where no dark cloud of sin shall interpose.
All praise and glory to the Father be,
...O Lord, in Thy wrath stay the rage of my foes;
Awake, and Thy judgment ordained interpose.
Let peoples surround Thee and wait at Thy feet,...
O Lord, in Thy wrath stay the rage of my foes;
Awake, and Thy judgment ordained interpose.
Let peoples surround Thee and wait at Thy feet,
...Let Thy merit as a cloud
Still interpose between,
Plead th’atonement of Thy blood...
Let Thy merit as a cloud
Still interpose between,
Plead th’atonement of Thy blood
...’Twixt the serpent’s seed and me
Prevalently interpose,
Break the fatal amity,...
’Twixt the serpent’s seed and me
Prevalently interpose,
Break the fatal amity,
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