35 Hymn 27
John Newton
6,6,8,6
The milch kine drawing the ark:
Faith’s surrender of all
1Sam 6:1236 The kine unguided went By the directest road; When the Philistines homeward sent The ark of Israel’s God. | Lowing they passed along, And left their calves shut up; They felt an instinct for their young, But would not turn or stop. | Shall brutes, devoid of thought, Their Maker’s will obey; And we, who by his grace are taught, More stubborn prove than they? | He shed his precious blood To make us his alone; If washed in that atoning flood We are no more our own. | If he his will reveal, Let us obey his call; And think whate’er the flesh may feel, His love deserves our all. | We should maintain in view His glory, as our end; Too much we cannot bear, or do, For such a matchless friend. | His saints should stand prepared In duty’s path to run; Nor count their greatest trials hard, So that his will be done. | With Jesus for our guide, The path is safe though rough The promise says, “I will provide,” And faith replies, “Enough!” | |