685    C.M.     J. Hart
“And the Lord shut him in.” Gen. 7. 16

1 When Noah, with his favoured few,
  Was ordered to embark,
  Eight human souls, a little crew,

2 Though every part he might secure
  With bar, or bolt, or pin,
  To make the preservation sure,
  Jehovah shut him in.

3 The waters then might swell their tides,
  The billows rage and roar,
  They could not stave the assaulted sides,
  Nor burst the battered door.

4 So souls that into Christ believe,
  Quickened by vital faith,
  Eternal life at once receive,
  And never shall see death.

5 In his own heart the Christian puts
  No trust; but builds his hopes
  On him that opes, and no man shuts;
  And shuts, and no man opes.

6 In Christ, his Ark, he safely rides,
  Not wrecked by death or sin.
  How is it he so safe abides?
  The Lord has shut him in.