Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
of the Cyber Hymnal Website
Words: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).
Music: "Song 67 (Gibbons)," Orlando Gibbons, 1623; arranged by Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879)
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Within the maddening maze of things,
When tossed by storm and flood,
To one fixed trust my spirit clings;
I know that God is good!
No offering of my own I have,
Nor works my faith to prove;
I can but give the gifts He gave,
And plead His love for love.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
And so beside the silent sea
I wait the muffled oar;
No harm from Him can come to me
On ocean or on shore.
I know not what the future hath
Of marvel or surprise,
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies.
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