HY should I fear the darkest | I know not what may soon betide,

Though hot the fight, why quit the field? The throne of grace I dare address,

O

LORD, how happy should we be

If we could cast our care on Thee,

If we from self could rest;
And feel at heart that One above

In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
Is working for the best.

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How far from this our daily life :—
How oft disturbed by anxious strife,

By sudden wild alarms :
O could we but relinquish all
Our earthly props, and simply fall
On Thine Almighty arms!

Could we but kneel and cast our load,
E'en while we pray, upon our God,

Then rise with lightened cheer:
Sure that the Father who is nigh
To still the famished ravens' cry,

Will hear in that we fear.