Stopped!
Authors: John Robertson • Composers: R.F. Beveridge • Meter: 8.7.8.7. double, 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7. • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain
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1. Not one step more, Heav’nly Father,
Would I take without Thy call,
Prone to race and rush—Oh, rather
At Thy feet now would I fall!
Eyes, be blind for God to view it;
Feet, be stopped, leave Him the road;
Hands can only touch to rue it;
Soul, be still, know He is God!
2. Praise to God! He often crosses
Plans and schemes poor self has formed,
And for reckoned gains have losses
Sprung where God’s dark purpose stormed,
But I bless Him that His thunder
Spake His grace into my soul,
And my heart melts at the wonder
God has brought good from the whole.
3. Gourds have perished, but I would not
Like impatient Jonah be—
God is God, and oh, I could not
Trace my road so well as He.
Darkest hour before the dawning,
Shadows thickest just before
Lifting shew they’re but the awning
Drawn around our Father’s door.
4. Rod with shining mercies glistens,
And I kiss it, will denied,
And a weaned child now listens
For the footfall of the Guide.
Lo! He leaps across the mountain
Lo! He like a young hart flies,
Oh, the desert’s full of fountains
When the Lord doth ope our eyes!
5. Bless his name! He ever mindeth
His blood-Covenant with me;
And the soul that trusts Him findeth
Good in all life’s Mystery—
So I worship heart adoring,
God’s kind Providence, and cease
All my fretful ways, imploring
God’s forgiveness and His peace.