3 Thou on the Lord rely,
So safe shalt thou go on;
Fix on his work thy steadfast eye,
So shall thy work be done.

4 No profit canst thou gain
By self-consuming care;
To him commend thy cause, his ear
Attends the softest prayer.

5 Thy everlasting truth,
Father, thy ceaseless love,

Sees all thy children's wants, and knows
What best for each will prove.

6 Thou everywhere hast sway,
And all things serve thy might;
Thy every act pure blessing is,
Thy path unsullied light.

7 When thou arisest, Lord,

What shall thy work withstand? Whate'er thy children want, thou giv'st; And who shall stay thy hand?

SECOND PART.

8 IVE to the winds thy fears;

GIVE

S. M.

U Hope, and be undismayed: God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head.

9 Through waves, and clouds, and storms.
He gently clears thy way:

Wait thou his time, so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

10 Still heavy is thy heart?

Still sink thy spirits down?

Cast off the weight, let fear depar
Bid every care be gone.

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11 What, though thou rulest not?
Yet heaven, and earth, and hell
Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne,
And ruleth all things well!
12 Leave to his sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So shalt thou wondering own his way,
How wise, how strong his hand.
13 Far, far above thy thought
His counsel shall appear,

When fully he the work hath wrought
That caused thy needless fear!
14 Thou seest our weakness, Lord;
Our hearts are known to thee;
O lift thou up the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee !

15 Let us in life, in death,
Thy steadfast truth declare,

And publish with our latest breath
Thy love and guardian care.

AWAY, my needless fears,

Αν

And doubts no longer mine;

A ray of heavenly light appears,
A messenger divine.

2 Thrice comfortable hope,

That calms my troubled breast; My Father's hand prepares the cup,

d what he wills is best.

at I wish is good,

Its the will divine;

I hell in vain withstood,

it shall be mine.

3 Thou on the Lord rely,
So safe shalt thou go on;
Fix on his work thy steadfast eye,
So shall thy work be done.

4 No profit canst thou gain
By self-consuming care;
To him commend thy cause, his ear
Attends the softest prayer.

5 Thy everlasting truth,
Father, thy ceaseless love,
Sees all thy children's wants, and knows
What best for each will prove.

6 Thou everywhere hast sway,
And all things serve thy might;
Thy every act pure blessing is,
Thy path unsullied light.

7 When thou arisest, Lord,

What shall thy work withstand? Whate'er thy children want, thou giv'st; And who shall stay thy hand?

SECOND PART.

8IVE to the winds thy fears;

GIVE

S. M.

Hope, and be undismayed: God hears thy sighs, and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head.

9 Through waves, and clouds, and storms, He gently clears thy way:

Wait thou his time, so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

10 Still heavy is thy heart?

Still sink thy spirits down?

Cast off the weight, let fear depart,
Bid every care be gone.

11 What, though thou rulest not?
Yet heaven, and earth, and hell
Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne,
And ruleth all things well!
12 Leave to his sovereign sway
To choose and to command;
So shalt thou wondering own his way,
How wise, how strong his hand.

13 Far, far above thy thought
His counsel shall appear,
When fully he the work hath wrought
That caused thy needless fear!
14 Thou seest our weakness, Lord;
Our hearts are known to thee;
O lift thou up the sinking hand,
Confirm the feeble knee !

15 Let us in life, in death,

Thy steadfast truth declare, And publish with our latest breath Thy love and guardian care.

WAY, my needless fears,
And doubts no longer mine;

Α'

A ray of heavenly light appears,

A messenger divine.

2 Thrice comfortable hope,

That calms my troubled breast; My Father's hand prepares the cup, And what he wills is best.

3 If what I wish is good,
And suits the will divine;

By earth and hell in vain withstood,
I know it shall be mine.

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4 Still let them counsel take
To frustrate his decree,
They cannot keep a blessing back
By heaven designed for me.

5 Here then I doubt no more,
But in his pleasure rest,
Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and power
Engage to make me blest.

6 To accomplish his design
The creatures all agree;
And all the attributes divine
Are now at work for me.

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[NPROFITABLE all and vain, Away this soul-distracting care! I cannot lengthen out my span, I cannot change a single hair ; 2 Then let me hang upon his word

Who keeps his saints in perfect peace, My burden cast upon the Lord,

And only care my God to please.

3 Who stoops to clothe a fading flower
Will every needful blessing give,
And fit the creature of an hour

An endless life with him to live.
4 My Father knows the things I need,
My Father knows, let that suffice,
I trust him now to clothe and feed
His child who on his care relies.
5 The cause of my misgiving fear,
Lord, I my unbelief confess;
Author of faith in me appear,

And bid my doubts and terrors cease!