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PRIMROSE
HILL.
C.
M.
(This
hymn
represents
security
and
purity.)
2
Peter.
1-10.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1709.
Key
of
G
Major.
2 Peter.
1-10.
1.
When
I
can
read
my
ti
-
tle
clear
To
man-sions
in
the
skies,
I'll
bid
fare-well
to
ev-'ry
fear,
And
wipe
my
weep-ing
eyes,
2.
Should
earth
a-gainst
my
soul
en-gage,
And
fier
-
v
darts
be
hurled,
Then
I
can
smile
at
Sa-tan's
rage,
And
face
a
frown-ing
world,
3.
Let
cares,
like
a
wild
del
-
uge,
come,
Let
storms
of
sor
-
row
fall,
So
I
but
safe-ly
reach
my
home,
My
God;
my
heav'n
my
all,
4.
There
I
shall
bathe
my
wear
-
y
soul
In
seas
of
heav'n-ly
rest,
And
not
a
wave
of
trouble
roll,
A
-
cross
my
peace-ful
breast,
I'll
bid
fare
-
well
to
ev
-
'ry
fear,
I'll
bid
fare-well
to
ev
-
'ry
fear,
And
wipe
my
weep-ing
eyes.
Then
I
can
smile
at
Sa
-
tan's
rage,
Then
I
can
smile
at
Sa
-
tan's
rage,
And
face
a
frown-ing
world.
So
I
but
safe
-
ly
reach
my
home,
So
I
but
safe
-
ly
reach
my
home,
My
God,
my
heav'n,
my
all.
And
not
a
wave
of
trou
-
ble
roll,
And
not
a
wave
of
trou
-
ble
roll,
A
-
cross
my
peace
-
full
breast.
The
original
title
of
the
hymn
was,
"
The
Hopes
of
Heaven
Our
Support
Under
Trials
On
Earth."
It
appears
in
the
author's
"
Hymns
and
Spiritual
Songs,"
Book
No.
3.
Verse
two,
line
two,
was
originally
written
"hellish
darts"
instead
of
"fiery
darts."
In
the
third
stanza,
"may
I"
instead
of
"so
I."
This
precious
hymn
is
held
in
high
esteem
wherever
the
English
language
is
spoken.
It
is
applied
to
many
different
standard
tunes
in
the
Protestant
church
hymn
books.
It
is
set
to
the
tune
of
"
Marlow,"
and
arranged
by
Dr.
Lowell
Mason.
It
is
one
of
the
standard
hymns,
and
recoginized
in
the
"
National
Hymn
Book,"
and
by
the
leading
Protestant
churches
of
America.
Author
of
the
music
is
unknown.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S.
James.