Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How gracious and how wise
Topic: Christian/Chastisement
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: SM
Tune: Shawmut
Hymn Number: 394
Page Number: 129, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW gracious and how wise
Is our chasting God!
And O how rich the blessings are
Which blossom from his rod!
He lifts it up on high
With pity in his heart,
That every stroke his children feel
May grace and peace impart.
Instructed thus, they bow
And own his sovereign sway;
They turn their erring footsteps back
To his forsaken way.
Our Father, we consent
To discipline divine,
And bless the pain that makes our souls
Still more completely thine.