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1 All depends on our possessing
God's free love and grace and blessing,
Though all earthly wealth depart;
He who God for His hath taken,
'Mid the changing world unshaken,
Keeps a free, heroic heart.
2 He who hitherto hath fed me
And to many a joy hath led me,
Is and ever shall be mine;
He who did so gently school me,
He who still doth guide and rule me,
Will not leave me now to pine.
3 Shall I weary me with fretting
O'er vain trifles and regretting
Things that never can remain?
I will strive but that to to win me
Which can shed true rest within me,
Rest the world must seek in vain.
4 When my heart with longing sickens,
Hope again my courage quickens;
For my wish shall be fulfilled,
If is please His most will most tender:
Life and soul I will surrender
Unto Him on whom I build.
5 Well He knows how best to grant me
All the longing hopes that haunt me;
All things have their proper day.
I to Him would dictate never,
As God will, so be it ever,
When He wills I will obey.
6 If on earth He bids me linger,
He will guide me with His finger
Through the years that now look dim;
All that earth has fleets and changes,
As a river onward ranges,
But I rest in peace on Him.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | All things hang on our possessing |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1880 |
| Topic: | The Catechism: Daily Duty |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Author from Index: Anon— Winkworth; Hymns from the German Text: Alles ist an Gottes Segen |
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