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<h2>IN THE SECRET OF HIS PRESENCE</h2>
<p align="center"><h3>&#8220;Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence.&#8221; Psalm 31:20</h3></p>
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<p><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_s_t_stebbins_gc.jpg" alt="George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945)" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="138" height="205.333333333333"><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_g_o_goreh_el.html" target="_blank">Ellen Lakshmi Goreh</a>, 1883:</p>
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<p>The author of the words of this beautiful hymn was a high-caste native of India. After her conversion to Christianity, it is said, she spent some years in the home of an English clergyman, and wrote the poem&#8230;there. It made its appearance in a book of poems of which she was the author&#8230;The hymn was first sung by [George Stebbins] as an offertory in one of the churches in Brooklyn, New York.</p>
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<p>In the secret of His presence how my soul delights to hide!<br>
Oh, how precious are the lessons which I learn at Jesus&#8217; side!<br>
Earthly cares can never vex me, neither trials lay me low;<br>
For when Satan comes to tempt me, to the secret place I go,<br>
To the secret place I go.</p>
<p>When my soul is faint and thirsty, &#8217;neath the shadow of His wing<br>
There is cool and pleasant shelter, and a fresh and crystal spring;<br>
And my Savior rests beside me, as we hold communion sweet:<br>
If I tried, I could not utter what He says when thus we meet,<br>
What He says when thus we meet.</p>
<p>Only this I know: I tell Him all my doubts, my griefs and fears;<br>
Oh, how patiently He listens! and my drooping soul He cheers:<br>
Do you think He ne&#8217;er reproves me? What a false Friend He would be,<br>
If He never, never told me of the sins which He must see,<br>
Of the sins which He must see.</p>
<p>Would you like to know the sweetness of the secret of the Lord?<br>
Go and hide beneath His shadow: this shall then be your reward;<br>
And whene&#8217;er you leave the silence of that happy meeting place,<br>
You must mind and bear the image of the Master in your face,<br>
Of the Master in your face.</p>
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