A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy ‎#76

76. Who, gracious Father! can complain

1 Who, gracious Father! can complain,
Under thy mild and gentle reign?
Who does a weight of duty share,
More than his aids and pow'rs can bear?

2 With diff'ring climes, and diff'ring lands,
With fertile pains and barren sands,
Thy hand hath framed this earthly roun,
And set each nation in its bound.

3 So various, thy celestial ray
Here sheds a full, there fainter day.
The God of all, unkind to none,
To all the path of life hath shown.

4 Large id the bounty of his hand:
He will a large return demand.
Haste then, my soul! thy work pursue,
And keep the heav'nly prize in view.

Text Information

• First Line: Who, gracious Father! can complain
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1814
• Topic: Divine Providence and Government

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