171. Dependence

1 I can plan the daily work,
Which my willing hand may tend;
I can use the moments well,
Which the passing hours may lend;
I can watch the long night thro',
With its anguish, pain and care;
I can make its darkness light,
By my faith and hope and pray'r;
But eternity so vast,
On my Father I must cast.

2 I can live the span of life,
With its weeks and months and years;
I can make each milestone glad,
That may mark its joys and tears;
For my Father gives me strength,
Tempers ev'ry wind that blows;
Gives as passing years require,
But my trustful spirit knows
That eternity so vast,
On my Father I must cast.

Text Information
First Line: I can plan the daily work
Title: Dependence
Author: A. B. Lipscomb
Language: English
Publication Date: 1914
Tune Information
Name: [I can plan the daily work]
Composer: E. L. Jorgenson
Key: B♭ Major



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