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Analyze: How Shall We Answer Terror's Cry?

by von Hayn, Henrietta Luise (1724-1782), tr. composite

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1. How shall we an- swer ter- ror's cry, The cun- ning blade, the fla- ming sky? When mur- derous spite knocks down our door And vio- lence breaks u- pon our shore, O let us come and look to You To know Your will what shall we do?

2. When Sa- tan whis- pers, 'Hate your foe, Now take your ven- geance draw the bow,' Pro- tect us from the tem- pter's guile, The ly- ing voice, the e- vil smile. O let us come in trust to You, To hear the word we know is true.

3. When ex- ec- ution- ers hung You high You turned Your prayer up to the sky, And pled the Fa- ther to for- give, You asked that cru- el men might live. O let us Your ex- am- ple take, And pray for sin- ners as we ache.

4. We pray that You their hearts will turn; And light a ho- ly fire to burn Their dross a- way, so they may be Like gold re- fined, e- ter- nal- ly. O let us pray that they be- come, Like us, with You for- ev- er one.

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