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An Untitled Hymn (1809), The Writings of Elder John Leland pp.324-25 (1845)
BLESSED BE GOD for all,
For all things here below,
For pain, and grief, and joy and thrall,
To my advantage grow.
Blessed be God for shame,
For slander and disgrace;
Welcome reproach for Jesus’ name,
And his redeeming grace.
Blessed be God for loss,
For loss of earthly things;
For every scourge and every cross,
Me nearer Jesus brings.
Blessed be God for want
Of raiment, health and food;
I live by faith, I scorn to faint,
For all things work for good.
Blessed be God for pain,
Which tears my flesh like thorns,
It crucifies the carnal man,
To God my soul returns.
Blessed be God for doubts,
Which he has overcome;
My soul in full assurance shouts,
Of being soon at home.
Blessed be God for fears
Of sin, and death, and hell;
When Christ, who is my life, appears,
I shall in glory dwell.
Blessed be God for friends;
Blessed be God for foes;
Blessed be God whose gracious ends,
No finite creature knows.
Blessed be God for life,
Blessed be God for death,
Blessed be God for all he sends;
I welcome all [with] faith. |
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