A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #459
Display Title: How gracious and how wise First Line: How gracious and how wise Meter: S. M. Date: 1814 Subject: The Troubles of Life |
A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #459
1 How gracious and how wise
Is our chastising God!
And O! how rich the blessings are,
That blossom from his rod!
2 He lifts it up on high,
With pity in his heart;
That ev'ry stroke his children feel
May grace and peace impart.
3 Instruct thus, they bow
And own his sov'reign sway;
They turn their erring footsteps back
To his forsaken way.
4 His cov'nant love they seek,
And seek the happy bands
that closer still engage their hearts,
To honour his commands.
5 Submissive, Lord! we yield
To discipline divine,
And bless the pains that make us still
More uniformly thine.
Source: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; to which are added prayers for families and individuals #459
First Line: | How gracious and how wise |
Author: | Philip Doddridge |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |