Peaceful Trust

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Delight in God

1 O LORD, I would delight in Thee, And on Thy care depend; To Thee in every trouble flee, My best, my only Friend.

2 When all created streams are dried, Thy fulness is the same; May I with this be satisfied, And glory in Thy name!

3 Why should the soul a drop bemoan, Who has a fountain near; A fountain which will ever run With waters sweet and clear?

4 No good in creatures can be found But may be found in Thee;

I must have all things, and abound, While God is God to me.

5 Oh that I had a stronger faith, To look within the veil; To credit what my Saviour saith, Whose word can never fail!

6 He that has made my heaven secure, Will here all good provide;

While Christ is rich, can I be poor?

What can I want beside?

7 O Lord! I cast my care on Thee, I triumph and adore:

Henceforth my great concern shall be To love and please Thee more.

John Ryland, 1777

689 "Trust ye in the Lord for ever."

1 WHEN we cannot see our way, Let us trust and still obey;

He who bids us forward go, Cannot fail the way to show.

2 Though enwrapt in gloomy night, We perceive no ray of light;

Since the Lord Himself is here, 'Tis not meet that we should fear.

3 Night with Him is never night, Where He is, there all is light; When He calls us, why delay?

They are happy who obey.

4 Be it ours then, while we're here, Him to follow without fear; Where He calls us, there to go;

What He bids us, that to do.

Thomas Kelly, 1815, a.

690 Confidence in God

1 MY spirit looks to God alone; My rock and refuge is His throne; In all my fears, in all my straits, My soul on His salvation waits.

2 Trust Him, ye saints, in all your ways, Pour out your hearts before His face; When helpers fail, and foes invade, God is our all-sufficient aid.

Isaac Watts, 1719.

691 Freedom from Care

1 I BOW me to Thy will, O God, And all Thy ways adore; And every day I live I'll seek To please Thee more and more.

2 I love to kiss each print where Christ Did set His pilgrim feet; Nor can I fear that blessed path, Whose traces are so sweet.

3 When obstacles and trials seem Like prison walls to be, I do the little I can do, And leave the rest to Thee.

4 I have no cares, O blessed Lord, For all my cares are Thine;

I live in triumph, too, for Thou Hast made Thy triumphs mine.

5 And when it seems no chance nor change From grief can set me free, Hope finds its strength in helplessness And, patient, waits on Thee.

6 Lead on, lead on, triumphantly, O blessed Lord, lead on!

Faith's pilgrim-sons behind Thee seek The road that Thou hast gone.

Frederick William Faber, 1852, a

692 Trust for the Future

1 ALMIGHTY Father of mankind, On Thee my hopes remain; And when the day of trouble comes, I shall not trust in vain.

2 In early days Thou wast my guide, And of my youth the friend: And as my days began with Thee, With Thee my days shall end.

3 I know the power in whom I trust, The arm on which I lean;

He will my Saviour ever be, Who has my Saviour been.

4 My God, who causedst me to hope, When life began to beat, And when a stranger in the world, Didst guide my wandering feet;

5 Thou wilt not cast me off when age And evil days descend!

Thou wilt not leave me in despair, To mourn my latter end.

6 Therefore in life I'll trust to Thee, In death I will adore; And after death I'll sing Thy praise, When time shall be no more.

Michael Bruce, 1781

693 Dependence on God

1 ETERNAL God! we look to Thee, To Thee for help we fly;

Thine eye alone our wants can see, Thy hand alone supply.

2 Lord! let Thy fear within us dwell, Thy love our footsteps guide: That love will all vain love expel; That fear all fear beside.

3 Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh, let Thy grace supply: The good unask'd, in mercy grant; The ill, though ask'd, deny.

James Merrick, 1765