Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Trust and Resignation

Submissive to thy will, my God,

  • No. 725
  • Words Anon.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Submissive to thy will, my God,I all to thee resign,And bow before thy chastening rod:I mourn, but not repine.

2

Why should my foolish heart complain,When wisdom, truth, and loveDirect the stroke, inflict the pain,And point to joys above?

3

How short are all my sufferings here,How needful every cross!Away my unbelieving fears,Nor call my gain my loss.

4

Then give, dear Lord, or take away,I'll bless thy sacred name;My Jesus, yesterday, to-day,Forever is the same.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «725» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 236, under «Annie R. Smith.» of hymn 724, with the italic reference line «201, 794, 369.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 201, 794 or 369) beside the number; stanzas 1–2 at the foot of the left column, stanzas 3–4 at the top of the right column (the hymn does not leave the page); four stanzas of four lines, numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book), lines 2 and 4 indented; «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 4, above hymn 726. The first word «SUBMISSIVE» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Submissive» here). The print sets a thin space before «:», «!» and «;» («rod :», «cross !», «name ;»), and a full word space before the comma of «resign ,»; these are closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., like the three reference tunes). The printer's apostrophe is written straight («I'll»). Spelling («to-day»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Trust and Resignation · No. 725 · printed page 236
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02