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God reigns, events in order flow

God reigns, events in order flow

Author: Thomas Scott
Published in 29 hymnals

Representative Text

1 God reigns; events in order flow,
Man's industry to guide:
But in a diff'rent channel go,
To humble human pride.

2 The swift not always, in the race,
Shall seize the crowning prize;
Not always wealth and honor grace
The labors of the wise.

3 Fond mortals but themselves beguile,
When on themselves they rest:
Blind is their wisdom, vain their toil,
By thee, O Lord, unbless'd.

4 Evil and good before thee stand,
Their mission to perform:
The sun shines bright at thy command,
Thy hand directs the storm.

5 O Lord in all our ways we'll own
Thy providential pow'r;
Entrusting to thy care alone
The lot of ev'ry hour.

Source: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #40

Author: Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott was born at Norwich, and was the son of a Dissenting minister. After his education he began his ministerial life at Wartmell, in Norfolk, adding also the labours of school-teaching. Subsequently he changed his pastoral relations several times, spending the last years of his life at Hupton, in Norfolk, where he died in 1776. He was the author of some prose works, several poems, and a few hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: God reigns, events in order flow
Author: Thomas Scott
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #537

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #40

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #LXXV

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #127

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #181

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #103

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #102

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Church Harmonies #236

Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. 4th ed. #d93

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #142

Hymns for the Use of the New Jerusalem Church #d69

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d204

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d164

Sacred poetry #d143

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Sacred Poetry #aH.LXXXI

Sacred Poetry #d142

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Sacred Poetry #H.LXXXI

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The Christian Psalmist #53

The Christian Psalter #d158

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #44

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #44

The Universalist Hymn Book #d154

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #307

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