The consolation from above

Verse 1
The consolation from above
Which first himself receives,
Trusting in his Redeemer’s love,
To troubled souls he gives:
A Christian among heathens found,
With God’s protection blest,
Will comfort by his faith’s rebound,
And strengthen all the rest.

Verse 2
The Lord hath spoke, the faithful Lord
His sacred word hath past,
And shall he not fulfil his word,
And save their lives at last?
Jesus, in whom a saint confides,
His promise must perform:
And still He on the whirlwind rides,
And still directs the storm!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Wherefore, Sirs, be of good chear: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.’—[Acts 27,] v. 25." This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 441.
Publishing: Public Domain