Church Book ‎#484

484. When I can trust my all with God

1 When I can trust my all with God,
In trial's fearful hour,
Bow, all resigned, beneath His rod,
And bless His sparing power,
A joy springs up amid distress,
A fountain in the wilderness.

2 O, to be brought to Jesus' feet,
Though sorrows fix me there,
Is still a privilege; and sweet
The energies of prayer,
Though sighs and tears its language be,
If Christ be nigh, and smile on me.

3 Then blesséd be the Hand that gave,
Still blesséd when it takes:
Blesséd be He who smites to save,
Who heals the heart He breaks:
Perfect and true are all His ways,
Whom heaven adores and death obeys.

Text Information

• First Line: When I can trust my all with God
• Author: Josiah Conder (1818)
• Meter: C. H. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Cross and Comfort; The Cross and Comfort: In Outward Suffering; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #332

Tune Information

• Name: DU FRIEDEFÜRST, HERR JESU CHRIST
• Meter: C. H. M.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Gesius, 1601