"Whate'er my God ordains is Right"

"Whate'er my God ordains is right;
Holy his will abideth;
I will be still whate'er he doth,
And follow where he guideth:
He is my God; Though dark my road,
He holds me that I shall not fall:
Wherefore to him I leave it all.

"Whate'er my God ordains is right:
He never will deceive me;
He leads me by the proper path;
I know he will not leave me:
I take, content, What he hath sent;
His hand can turn my griefs away,
And patiently I wait his day.

"Whate'er my God ordains is right:
Though now this cup, in drinking,
May bitter seem to my faint heart,
I take it, all unshrinking:
My God is true; Each morn anew
Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,
And pain and sorrow shall depart.

"Whate'er my God ordains is right:
Here shall my stand be taken;
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
Yet am I not forsaken;
My Father's care Is round me there;
He holds me that I shall not fall:
And so to him I leave it all."

- Samuel Rodigast