The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#65

65. Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb

1 Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
To search the starry vault profound;
In vain would wing her flight sublime,
To find creation's outmost bound.

2 But weaker yet that thought must prove
To search thy great eternal plan,
Thy sovereign counsels, born of love
Long ages ere the world began.

3 When my dim reason would demand
Why that, or this, thou dost ordain,
By some vast deep I seem to stand,
Whose secrets I must ask in vain.

4 When doubts disturb my troubled breast,
And all is dark as night to me,
Here, as on solid rock, I rest;
That so it seemeth good to thee.

5 Be this my joy, that evermore
Thou rulest all things at thy will:
Thy sovereign wisdom I adore,
And calmly, sweetly, trust thee still.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
• Author: Ray Palmer
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Worship: Attributes and Providence of God
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: HEBRON
• Composer: Lowel Mason
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #201, 53, or 304.