Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Patience O what a grace divine
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 267
Page Number: 252, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPatience! O what a grace divine!
Sent from the God of power and love
Submissive to its Father's hand,
As thro' the wilds of life we rove.
By patience we serenely bear
The troubles of our mortal sate,
And wait contented our discharge,
Nor think our glory comes too late.
Tho' we in full sensation feel
The weight, the wounds our God ordains,
We smile amid our heavenly woes,
And triumph in our sharpest pains.
O for this grace to aid us on,
And arm with fortitude the breast,
'Till life's tumultuous voyage is o'er,
We reach the shores of endless rest!
Faith into vision shall resign,
Hope shall in full fruition die;
And patience in possession end
In the bright worlds of bliss on high.