HYMN NO. 543

1 O LORD! how happy should we be,
If we could cast our care on Thee–
If we from self could rest;
And feel at heart that One above,
In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
Is working for the best.

2 Could we but kneel, and cast our load,
Even while we pray, upon our God,
Then rise with lightened cheer–
Sure that the Father, who is nigh
To still the famished raven's cry,
Will hear, in that we fear!

3 We can not trust him as we should,
So chafes weak nature's restless mood
To cast its peace away;
Yet birds and flowerets round us preach,
All, all the present evil teach,
Sufficient for the day.

4 Lord, make these faithless hearts of ours
Such lesson learn from birds and flowers;
Make them from self to cease;
Leave all things to a Father's will,
And taste, before him lying still,
Even in affliction, peace.