Faith's Repose

Father, beneath thy sheltering wing
     In sweet security we rest! 
And fear no evil earth can bring,
     In life, in death, supremely blest.

For life is good, whose tidal flow 
     The motions of thy will obeys;
And death is good, that makes us know 
     The life divine that all things sways.

And good it is to bear the cross, 
     And so thy perfect peace to win;
And naught is ill, nor brings us loss, 
     Nor works us harm, save only sin.

Redeemed from this, we ask no more, 
     But trust the love that saves, to guide
The grace that yields so rich a store, 
     Will grant us all we need beside.