A Collection of Hymns #241
Display Title: Author of good, to Thee we turn First Line: Author of good, to Thee we turn Date: 1859
A Collection of Hymns #241
1 Author of good! To Thee we turn:
Thine ever-wakeful eye
Alone can all our wants discern,
thy hand alone supply.
2 O let Thy love within us dwell,
Thy fear our footsteps guide!
That love shall vainer love expel,
That fear all fears beside.
3 And since, by passion's force subdued,
Too oft, with stubborn will,
We blindly shun the latent good,
And grasp the specious ill:
4 Not what we wish, but what we want,
Let mercy still supply:
The good, unasked, let mercy grant,
The ill, though asked, deny.
Source: Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #414
First Line: | Author of good, to Thee we come [turn] |
Author: | James Merrick |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |