Hymnal: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #78 (1870) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Wisdom of God Lyrics: 1 Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design,
Are framed upon Thy throne above,
And ev'ry dark or bending line
Meets in the centre of Thy love.
2 With feeble light, and half obscure,
Poor mortals Thine arrangements view;
Not knowing that the least are sure,
And the mysterious just and true.
3 Thy flock, Thine own peculiar care,
Though now they seem to roam uneyed,
Are led or driven only where
They best and safest may abide.
4 They neither know nor trace the way:
But while they trust Thy guardian eye,
Their feet shall ne'er to ruin stray,
Nor shall the weakest fail or die.
5 My favor'd soul shall meekly learn
To lay her reason at Thy throne;
Too weak Thy secrets to discern,
I'll trust Thee for my guide alone. Languages: English
Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design