I Am Not Skilled to Understand

I am not skilled to understand

Author: Dora Greenwell (1873)
Tune: GREENWELL (Kirkpatrick)
Published in 82 hymnals

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1 I am not skilled to understand
what God has willed, what God has planned;
I only know that at his right hand
is One who is my Savior!

2 I take him at his word indeed:
“Christ died for sinners,” this I read;
for in my heart I find a need
of him to be my Savior!

3 That he should leave his place on high
and come for sinful man to die,
you count it strange? So once did I,
before I knew my Savior!

4 And oh, that he fulfilled may see
the travail of his soul in me,
and with his work contented be,
as I with my dear Savior!

5 Yes, living, dying, let me bring
my strength, my solace from this spring;
that he who lives to be my King
once died to be my Savior.


Source: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #459

Author: Dora Greenwell

Greenwell, Dorothy, commonly known as "Dora Greenwell," was born at Greenwell Ford, Durham, in 1821; resided at Ovingham Rectory, Northumberland (1848); Golborne Rectory, Lancashire; Durham (1854), and Clifton, near Bristol, where she died in 1882. Her works include Poems, 1848; The Patience of Hope, 1861; The Life of Lacordaire; A Present Heaven; Two Friends; Songs of Salvation, 1874, &c. Her Life, by W. Dorling, was published in 1885. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology  Go to person page >

Notes

I am not skilled to understand . Dorothy Greenwell. [Jesus the Saviour.] From her Songs of Salvation, 1873, p. 4, entitled "Redemption," into the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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Glorious Praise #198

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Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #510

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Gospel Praises #191

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Great Hymns of the Faith #226

Hymns and Psalms #221

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs Number Two #155

Hymns for the Family of God #94

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Hymns for the Living Church #305

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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #432

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Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #355

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Hymns of Consecration and Faith #115

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Hymns of Faith #333

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Hymns of the Christian Life #507

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Immanuel Hymnal #d164

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Joy and Praise #61

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Life and Service Hymns #355

Men's Gospel Quartets new and old #52

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Northfield Hymnal No. 3 #301

Peerless Hymns #d70

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #281

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Redemption Songs #395a

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Songs of Joy and Gladness #31

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Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement #31

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Songs of Sovereign Grace #189

Songs of the Church #d87

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Songs of Triumph Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #25

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Sunday-School Praises #81

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Sweet Harmonies #77

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The Hymnal #326

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The Sunday School Hymnary #469a

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The Worshiping Church #480

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The Young People's Hymnal No. 3 #127

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The Young People's Hymnal #29

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Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #459

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