#57 - Repose

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• Composer:
  • arr. F. Kucken
• Also known as:
  • Quiet Lord My Froward¹⁾ Heart
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• Incipit: 32135653321123321
• Condensed Incipit: 32135653212321
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• Lyrics:
  Quiet, Lord, my froward heart,
  Make me teachable and mild,
  Upright, simple, free from art,
  Make me as a weaned child:
  From distrust and envy free,
  Pleased with all that pleases Thee.
  
  What Thou shalt today provide,
  Let me as a child receive;
  What tomorrow may betide,
  Calmly to Thy wisdom leave:
  'Tis enough that Thou wilt care,
  Why should I the burden bear?
  
  As a little child relies
  On a care beyond his own;
  Knows he's neither strong nor wise,
  Fears to stir a step alone:
  Let me thus with Thee abide,
  As my Father, Guard, and Guide.
  
  Thus preserved from Satan's wiles,
  Safe from dangers, free from fears;
  May I live upon Thy smiles,
  Till the promised hour appears;
  When the sons of God shall prove
  All their Father’s boundless love.
  
  
  • John Newton

    • #57 - Repose
    • #627 - Sabbath

    (1725-1807), 1779

This is a different melody than other Repose melodies by Dickinson and by Jo­seph Funk.