I do not know why oft ’round me,
My hopes all shattered seem to be;
God’s perfect plan I cannot see,
But someday, I’ll understand.
I cannot tell the depth of love,
Which moves the Father’s heart above;
My faith to test, my love to prove,
But someday, I’ll understand.
Someday, He’ll make it plain to me,
Someday, when I His face shall see;
Someday, [...]

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It may be little that I can do,
Nor may I have much to say,
But in that little I mean to be true,
And do what I can today.
From the depths of my heart I will do my part
With a ready and willing hand;
And I will not shirk, I will faithfully work
In the place that my Lord [...]

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More secure is no one ever,
Than the loved ones of the Savior–
Not yon star on high abiding,
Nor the bird in home-nest hiding.
God His own doth tend and nourish,
In His holy courts they flourish;
Like a father kind He spares them,
In His loving arms He bears them.
What He takes or what He gives us,
Shows the Father’s love [...]

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Ready to suffer grief or pain,
Ready to stand the test,
Ready to stay at home and send
Others if He sees best.
Ready to go, ready to stay,
Ready my place to fill,
Ready for service, lowly or great,
Ready to do His will.
- from the hymn, Ready

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Dear Lord, take up our tangled strands,
Where we have wrought in vain,
That by the skill of Thy dear hands,
Some beauty may remain.
Touch Thou the sad, discordant keys,
Of every troubled breast,
And change to peaceful harmonies,
The sighings of unrest.
Where broken vows in fragments lie—
The toil of wasted years—
Do Thou make whole again, we cry,
And give a song [...]

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I am not skilled to understand,
What God hath willed, what God hath planned;
I only know at His right hand,
Is One who is my Savior!
I take Him at His word, indeed,
“Christ died for sinners,” this I read –
For in my heart I find a need,
Of Him to be my Savior!
That He should leave His place on [...]

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Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find to meet my trials here;
Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He Whose heart is kind beyond all measure,
Gives unto each day what He deems best—
Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.
- from the hymn, [...]

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By Thy blessed word obeying,
Lord, we prove our love sincere;
For we hear Thee gently saying,
“Love will do as well as hear.”
From the hymn, Obedience

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Each day I’ll do a golden deed,
By helping those who are in need;
My life on earth is but a span,
And so I’ll do the best I can.
To be a child of God each day,
My light must shine along the way;
I’ll sing His praise while ages roll,
And strive to help some troubled soul.
Life’s evening sun is [...]

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Love becomes a way of life,
When there’s love at home;
Sweet, insistent end to strife,
When there’s love at home;
Glad submission each one’s gift,
Willing pledge to love and lift,
Healing balm for every rift,
When there’s love at home.
– from the hymn, Love at Home

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