Text:If thou but suffer God to guide thee
Author:Georg Neumark
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:NEUMARK
Composer:Georg Neumark

105. If thou but suffer God to guide thee

1 If thou but suffer God to guide thee,
And hope in Him through all thy ways,
He'll give thee strength, whate'er betide thee,
And bear thee through the evil days;
Who trusts in God's unchanging love
Builds on the rock that naught can move.

2 Only be still, and wait His leisure
In cheerful hope, with heart content
To take whate'er thy Father's pleasure
And all-discerning love hath sent;
Nor doubt our inmost wants are known
To Him who chose us for His own.

3 Sing, pray, and swerve not from His ways,
But do thine own part faithfully;
Trust His rich promises of grace,
So shall they be fulfilled in thee;
God never yet forsook at need
The soul that trusted Him indeed.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: If thou but suffer God to guide thee
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855, 1863)
Author: Georg Neumark (1657)
Meter: 9. 8. 9. 8. 8. 8.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: God the Father: His Abiding Presence; Cheerfulness; Contentment (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: NEUMARK
Composer: Georg Neumark (1657)
Meter: 9. 8. 9. 8. 8. 8.
Key: g minor



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