Lyra Germanica ‎#67

67. Leave all to God

Leave all to God,
Forsaken one, and stay thy tears;
For the Highest knows thy pain,
Sees thy sufferings and thy fears
Thou shalt not wait His help in vain,
Leave all to God.

Be still and trust!
For His strokes are strokes of love,
Thou must for thy profit bear;
He thy filial fear would move,
Trust thy Father's loving care,
Be still and trust!

Know, God is near!
Though thou think Him far away,
Though His mercy long have slept,
He will come and not delay,
When His child enough hath wept,
For God is near!

O teach Him not
When and how to hear thy prayers;
Never doth our God forget,
He the cross who longest bears
Finds his sorrows' bounds are set,
Then teach Him not.

If thou love Him,
Walking truly in His ways,
Then no trouble, cross or death,
E'er shall silence faith and praise;
All things serve thee here beneath,
If thou love God!

Text Information

• First Line: Leave all to God
• Title: Leave all to God
• German Title: Lass dich Gott
• Author: Anton Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick (1667)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855)
• Meter: 4,8,7,7,8,4
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1861

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