446. What our Father does is well

1 WHAT our Father does is well:
Blessèd truth His children tell!
Though He send, for plenty, want,
Though the harvest-store be scant,
Yet we rest upon His love,
Seeking better things above.

2 What our Father does is well:
Shall the willful heart rebel
If a blessing He withhold
In the field, or in the fold?
Is He not Himself to be
All our Store eternally?

3 What our Father does is well:
Though He sadden hill and dell,
Upward yet our praises rise
For the strength His Word supplies.
He has called us sons of God;--
Can we murmur at His rod?

4 What our Father does is well:
May the thought within us dwell;
Though nor milk nor honey flow,
In our barren Canaan now,
God can save us in our need,
God can bless us, God can feed.

5 Therefore unto Him we raise
Hymns of glory, songs of praise;
To the Father and the Son
And the Spirit, Three in One,
Honor might, and glory be,
Now and through eternity.

Text Information
First Line: What our Father does is well
Meter: 7s. 61.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1893
Topic: Praise: Harvest
Notes: Sir Henry W. Baker, Tr. a.; German: Was Gott thut, das ist wohlgethan - Benjamin Schmolk, 1720
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