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Text: | I Know Not What the Future Hath |
Author: | John G. Whittier, 1807-1892 |
Tune: | COOLING |
Composer: | Alonzo J. Abbey, 1825-1887 |
1 I know not what the future hath
Of marvel or surprise,
Assured alone that life and death
God's mercy underlies.
2 And if my heart and flesh are weak
To bear an untried pain,
The bruised reed He will not break
But strengthen and sustain.
3 And Thou, O Lord, by whom are seen
Thy creatures as they be,
Forgive me if too close I learn
My human heart on Thee.
4 And so beside the silent sea
I wait the muffled oar:
No harm from Him can come to me
On ocean or on shore.
5 I know not where His island lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I know not what the future hath |
Title: | I Know Not What the Future Hath |
Author: | John G. Whittier, 1807-1892 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1957 |
Topic: | God the Father: His Providence; The Christian Way of Life: Comfort and Encouragement |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | COOLING |
Composer: | Alonzo J. Abbey, 1825-1887 |
Key: | D Major |