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| Text: | If God succeed not, all the cost |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
If God succeed not, all the cost
And pains to build the house are lost;
If God the city will not keep,
The watchful guards as well may sleep.
What if you rise before the sun,
And work and toil when day is done;
Careful and sparing eat your bread,
To shun that poverty you dread;
'Tis all in vain, till God hath blessed;
He can make rich, yet give us rest:
Children and friends are blessings too,
If God our Sovereign make them so.
Happy the man to whom he sends
Obedient children, faithful friends:
How sweet our daily comforts prove
When they are seasoned with his love!
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | If God succeed not, all the cost |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1835 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Blessing: of God on the business and comforts of life; Business: of life blest; Children: made blessings (2 more...) |
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