LORD, IT BELONGS NOT TO MY CARE
"Trust ye in the Lord forever." Isaiah 26:4
Words: Richard Baxter, Poetical Fragments, 1681. The following
notation accompnied the hymn:
Music: "Evan," William Henry Havergal, 1847; arranged by Lowell Mason, 1850
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.
If life be long, I will be glad,
That I may long obey;
If short, yet why should I be sad
To welcome endless day?
Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before;
He that unto God's kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet
Thy blessèd face to see;
For if Thy work on earth be sweet
What will Thy glory be!
My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But 'tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him.