Thou Very Present Aid THATCHER—George Frederick Handel Thou Very Present Aid 1 Thou very present Aid In suff’ring and distress, The mind which still on Thee is stayed, Is kept in perfect peace. 2 The soul by faith reclined On the Redeemer’s breast, ’Mid raging storms, exults to find An everlasting rest. 3 Sorrow and fear are gone, Whene’er thy face appears; It stills the sighing orphan’s moan, And dries the widow’s tears. 4 It hallows every cross; It sweetly comforts me; It makes me now forget