Trust

All Depends On Our Possessing

Words:
unknown circa 1673. Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1858.
Music:
'Alles ist an Gottes Segen' Johann Balthasar König, 1738.
Setting:
"Chorale Book for England", 1863, alt.
Metre:
8 8 7 8 8 7
  1. 1All depends on our possessingGod's abundant grace and blessing,Though all earthly wealth depart.He who trusts with faith unshakenIn His God is not forsakenAnd e'er keeps a dauntless heart.
  2. 2He who hitherto hath fed meAnd to many joys hath led me,Is and ever shall be mine.He who did so gently school me,He who still doth guide and rule me,Will remain my Help divine.
  3. 3Many spend their lives in frettingOver trifles and in gettingThings that have no solid ground.I shall strive to win a treasureThat will bring me lasting pleasureAnd that now is seldom found.
  4. 4When with sorrow I am stricken,Hope my heart anew will quicken,All my longing shall be stilled.To His loving‐ kindness tenderSoul and body I surrender;For in Him alone I build.
  5. 5Well He knows what best to grant me;All the longing hopes that haunt me,Joy and sorrow, have their day.I shall doubt His wisdom never,As God wills, so be it ever,I to Him commit my way.
  6. 6If on earth my days He lengthen,He my weary soul will strengthen;All my trust in Him I place.Earthly wealth is not abiding,Like a stream away is gliding;Safe I anchor in His grace.

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Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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