
Author: William Gaskell Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10706 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Our Father! through the coming year
We know what shall be,
But we would leave without a fear
Its ordering all to Thee.
2 It may be we shall toil in vain
For what the world holds fair,
And all its good we thought to gain
Deceive, and prove but care.
3 It may be it shall darkly blend
Our love with anxious fears
And snatch away the valued friend,
The tried of many years.
4 It may be it shall bring us days
And nights of lingering pain,
And bid us take our farewell gaze
Of these loved haunts of men.
5 But calmly, Lord, on Thee we rest;
No fears our trust shall move;
Thou knowest what for each is best,
And Thou art perfect love. Languages: English Tune Title: BARTOW
Our Father! Through The Coming Year