John Brownlie (trans.) · 84 of 130

XVI: Teach me Thy gracious will

Teach me Thy gracious will, O Jesus, Lord, I pray, And make me ready to respond From day to day.

Thou hadst no will but one, The will Thy God imposed; Teach me, O Lord, to rest my soul Where Thine reposed.

Then life with all its ills Will be no task to bear, For what is best Thy hand will give, And soothe my care.

I am not wise nor good, I must not risk to choose; I grasp the thing my heart desires; The best, I lose.

So let Thy will be mine, That I may quietly rest; For, what Thy love and wisdom plan, Must aye be best.