Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: How gracious and how wise
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1018
Page Number: 602, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow gracious, and how wise,
Is our chastising 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.
His covenant love they seek,
And seek the happy bands
That closer still engage their hearts
To honor his commands.
Our Father, we consent
To discipline divine;
And bless the pain that makes our souls
Still more completely thine.
Supported by thy love,
We tend to realms of peace,
Where every pain shall far remove,
And every frailty cease.