577 | Laudes Domini#578 | 579 |
Text: | New Year |
Author: | William Gaskell |
1 Our Father! through the coming year
We know not 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 the 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 a 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Our Father! through the coming year |
Title: | New Year |
Author: | William Gaskell |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | Miscelleneous; New Year |