476. Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design

1 Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design,
Are framed upon Thy throne above,
And every dark or bending line,
Meets in the centre of Thy love.

2 With feeble light, and half obscure,
Poor mortals Thine arrangements view;
Not knowing that they all are sure,
And the mysterious just and true.

3 Thy flock, Thine own peculiar care,
Though now they seem to roam uneyed,
Are led and driven only where
They best, and safest may abide.

4 They neither know nor trace the way:
But while they trust Thy guardian eye,
Their feet shall ne'er to ruin stray,
Nor shall the weakest fail or die.

5 My favored soul shall meekly learn
To lay her reason at Thy throne;
Too weak Thy secrets to discern,
I'll trust Thee for my guide alone.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design
Author: Ambrose Searle (1786)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Providence; Trust: In Providence
Tune Information
Name: WELTON
Composer: Henri A. C. Malan
Meter: L. M.



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