hymn of the day

By Anne Steele [1717-1778]

My God, my Father, blissful Name

O may I call Thee mine

May I with sweet assurance claim

A portion so divine

This only can my fears control

And bid my sorrows fly

What harm can ever reach my soul

Beneath my Father's eye

Whate'er Thy providence denies

I calmly would resign

For Thou art just and good and wise

O bend my will to Thine

Whate'er Thy sacred will ordains

O give me strength to bear

And let me know my Father reigns

And trust His tender care

If pain and sickness rend this frame

And life almost depart

Is not Thy mercy still the same

To cheer my drooping heart

If cares and sorrows me surround

Their pow'r why should I fear

My inward peace they cannot wound

If Thou, my God, art near