| What God decrees, child of His love, Take patiently, though it may prove The storm that wrecks thy treasure here, Be comforted! thou needst not fear What pleases God. | | The wisest will is God's own will; Rest on this anchor, and be still; For peace around thy path shall flow, When only wishing here below What pleases God. | | The truest heart is God's own heart, Which bids thy grief and fear depart; Protecting, guiding, day and night, The soul that welcomes here aright What pleases God. | | Oh! Could I sing, as I desire, My grateful voice should never tire, To tell the wondrous love and power, Thus working out, from hour to hour, What pleases God. | | 149 The King of kings, He rules on earth, He sends us sorrow here, or mirth, He bears the ocean in His hand; And thus we meet, on sea or land, What pleases God. | | His Church on earth He dearly loves, Although He oft its sin reproves; The rod itself, His love can speak, He smites till we return to seek What pleases God. | | Then let the crowd around thee seize The joys that for a season please, But willingly their paths forsake, And for thy blessed portion take What pleases God! | | Art thou despised by all around? Do tribulations here abound? Jesus will give the victory, Because His eye can see in thee What pleases God. | | Thy heritage is safe in heaven: There, shall the crown of joy be given; There, shalt thou hear, and see, and know, As thou couldst never here below, What pleases God. | |