Peaceful Be (Hagenbach)

Since thy Fa­ther’s arm sus­tains thee

Peaceful be (peace­ful be);

When a chast­en­ing hand re­strains thee

It is He (it is He);

Know His love in full com­plete­ness

Fills the mea­sure of thy weak­ness;

If He wound thy spir­it sore

Trust Him more (trust Him more).

Without mur­mur

un­com­plain­ing

In His hand (in His hand)

Leave what­ev­er things thou canst not

Understand (un­der­stand).

Tho’ the world thy fol­ly spurn­eth

From thy faith in pi­ty turn­eth

Peace thy in­most soul shall fill

Lying still (ly­ing still).

Fearest some­times that thy Fa­ther

Hath for­got (hath for­got)?

When the clouds around thee ga­ther

Doubt Him not (doubt Him not);

Always hath the day­light brok­en

Always hath He com­fort spok­en

Better hath He been for years

Than thy fears (than thy fears).

To His own the Sav­ior giv­eth

Daily strength (dai­ly strength)

To each trou­bled soul that liv­eth

Peace at length (peace at length).

Weakest lambs have larg­est shar­ing

Of the ten­der Shep­herd’s car­ing

Ask Him not then

when or how

Only bow (on­ly bow).