415. All Depends on Our Possessing

1 All depends on our possessing
God's free grace and constant blessing,
Though all earthly wealth depart.
They who trust with faith unshaken
By their God are not forsaken
And will keep a dauntless heart.

2 He who to this day has fed me
And to many joys has led me
Is and ever shall be mine.
He who did so gently school me,
He who daily guides and rules me
Will remain my help divine.

3 Many spend their lives in fretting
Over trifles and in getting
Things that lack all solid ground.
I shall strive to win a treasure
That will bring me lasting pleasure
And that now is seldom found.

4 When with sorrow I am stricken,
Hope anew my heart will quicken,
All my longing shall be stilled.
To his loving-kindness tender
Soul and body I surrender,
For on God alone I build.

5 Well he knows what best to grant me;
All the longing hopes that haunt me,
Joy and sorrow, have their day.
I shall doubt his wisdom never;
As God wills, so be it ever;
I commit to him my way.

6 If my days on earth he lengthen,
God my weary soul will strengthen;
All my trust in him I place.
Earthly wealth is not abiding,
Like a stream away is gliding;
Safe I anchor in his grace.

Text Information
First Line: All depends on our possessing
Title: All Depends on Our Possessing
Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 (alt.)
Meter: 887 887
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Topic: Trust
Source: Gesang-Buch, Nürnberg, 1676
Tune Information
Name: ALLES IST AN GOTTES SEGEN
Composer: Johann Löhner, 1645-1705
Adapter: Johann B. König, 1691-1758
Meter: 887 887
Key: F Major



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