Verse 1

I HOPED that with the brave and strong My portioned task might lie; To toil amid the busy throng, With purpose pure and high: But God has fixed another part, And He has fixed it well; I said so with my breaking heart, When first this trouble fell.

Verse 2

These weary hours will not be lost, These days of misery, Theses nights of darkness, tempest-tossed, Can I but turn to Thee, With secret labour to sustain In patience every blow, To gather fortitude from pain, And holiness from woe.

Verse 3

If Thou shouldst bring me back to life, More bumble I should be, More wise, more strengthened for strife More apt to lean on Thee; Should death be standing at the gate, Thus should I keep my vow: But, Lord whatever be my fate, O let me serve Thee now!. Amen

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