The Hymnal ‎#294

294. Give to the winds thy fears

1 Give to the winds thy fears;
Hope and be undismayed;
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears,
God shall lift up thy head.

2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms,
He gently clears thy way;
Wait thou His time; so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

3 Leave to His sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So shalt thou, wondering, own His way,
How wise, how strong His hand!

4 Far, far above thy thought
His counsel shall appear,
When fully He the work hath wrought
That caused thy needless fear.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Give to the winds thy fears
• Translator: Rev. John Wesley (1739)
• Author: Rev. Paul Gerhardt (1656)
• Meter: S. M.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Life in Christ: Comfort; Comfort; Confidence; God: Presence, His Abiding; Trust and Confidence

Tune Information

• Name: ST. BRIDE
• Composer: Samuel Howard (1710-1782)
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Tune from "The Church Hymnary," Revised. Used by permission of the Oxford University Press.