Hymn: O Lord, how happy should we be
- Title:
- First Line: O Lord, how happy should we be
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: Joseph Anstice
- Born: 1808
- Died: 1836
- Gender: M
Full Text
O Lord! how happy should we be, If we could leave our cares to Thee, If we from self could rest, And feel at heart that One above, In perfect wisdom, perfect love, Is working for the best. For when we kneel and cast our care Upon our God in humble prayer, With strengthened souls we rise; Sure that our Father, who is nigh To hear the ravens when they cry, Will hear His children's cries. O, may these trustless hearts of ours The lesson learn from birds and flowers, And learn from self to cease,— Leave all things to our Father's will, And, on His mercy, leaning still, Find, in each trial, peace!