(1st Peter 1:5).

Kept by the power of God
Through faith which doth rely
Upon His oath and covenant-
God cannot, cannot lie.

Kept by the power of God
From Satan's crafty wiles;
Kept by the power of God
From earth's seductive smiles.

Kept by the power of God In a godless,
Christless world,
Where every dart of Satan
Is at the godly hurled.

Kept by the power of God
In dark temptation's hour;
Kept by the power of God
'Mid demon-hosts of power.

Kept by the power of God
Where every sin is rife;
Kept by the power of God
Through every stage of life.

Kept by the power of God
In slippery paths of youth;
Kept by the power of God
Through His delivering truth.

Kept by the power of God
In manhood's vigorous day;
Kept by the power of God
When many sadly stray.

Kept by the power of God
In the vale of faltering age-
Led by His mighty hand,
Cheered by the sacred page.

Kept by the power of God
Through Jordan's darksome wave:
Faith looks across the flood,
Hope gleams beyond the grave.

Kept by the power of God
Until faith's bark is beached
On Canaan's shore of glory-
Until God's home is reached.

Then for His love and power
The ransomed pilgrim there
Shall praise Him evermore,
And all His glory share.

C. C. Crowston