19. Hymn: O Lord, How Happy Should We Be

Hymn: O Lord, How Happy Should We Be

Author: Joseph Anstice (1808-1836)

1. O Lord, how happy should we be
    If we could cast our care on Thee,
    If we from self could rest,
    And feel at heart that One above,
    In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
    Is working for the best!

2. How far from this our daily life,
    Ever disturbed by anxious strife,
    By sudden, wild alarms!
    O could, we but relinquish all
    Our earthly props, and simply fall
    On Thy almighty arms!

3. Could we but kneel and cast our load,
    E'en while we pray, upon our God,
    Then rise with lightened cheer,
    Sure that the Father, who is nigh
    To still the famished raven's cry,
    Will hear in that we fear!

4. Lord, make these faithless hearts of ours
    Such lesson learns from birds and flowers;
    Make them from self to cease,
    Leave all things to a Father's will,
    And taste, before Him lying still,
    E'en in affliction, peace.