66 COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE LORD: TRUST ALSO IN HIM." COMMIT thou all thy griefs To His sure truth and tender care, Who points the clouds their course, Thou on the Lord rely, So safe shalt thou go on; No profit canst thou gain To Him commend thy cause, his ear Thy wisdom infinite, Father, Thy ceaseless love Sees all Thy children's wants, and knows What best for each will prove : And whatsoe'er Thou will'st, Thou dost, O King of Kings; What Thy unerring wisdom chose, Thy power to being brings. Still heavy is thy heart? Far, far, above thy thought When fully He the work hath wrought, LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING." ( THOU, to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light, Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee: O burst these bands, and set it free. Wash out its stains, refine its dross, If in this darksome wild I stray, Be Thou my light, be Thou my way: No foes, no violence I fear, No fraud, while Thou, my God, art near. When rising floods my soul o'erflow, When sinks my heart in waves of woe, Jesu, Thy timely aid impart, And raise my head and cheer my heart. Saviour, where'er Thy steps I see, If rough and thorny be the way, THAT I MAY KNOW HIM, AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION." JESU, Thy boundless love to me No thought can reach, no tongue declare: O knit my thankful heart to Thee, And reign without a rival there : Thine wholly, Thine alone I am : Be Thou alone my constant flame. O grant that nothing in my soul My joy, my treasure, and my crown: O love, how cheering is Thy ray! Nothing hear, feel, or think, but Thee! |