Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: How tender is thy hand
Topic: Christian/Chastisement
Writer: Thomas Hastings
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: SM
Tune: Olmutz
Hymn Number: 399
Page Number: 130, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW tender is thy hand,
O thou most gracious Lord!
Afflictions come at thy command,
And leave us at thy word.
How gentle was the rod
That chastened us for sin!
How soon we found a smiling God
Where deep distress had been!
A Father's hand we felt,
A Father's heart we knew:
'Mid tears of penitence we knelt,
And found his word was true.
Now we will bless the Lord,
And in his strength confide;
Forever be his name adored,
For there is non beside.