216 As God doth lead me I will go;

1 As God doth lead me I will go; I do not ask to choose my way; Content with what He doth bestow, Assured He will not let me stray. So as He leads, my path I make, And step by step I gladly take, A child in Him confiding. 2 As God doth lead I am content; I rest me calmly in His hands; That which He has decreed and sent, That which His will for me commands, I would that He should all fulfill: That I should do His gracious will In living or in dying. 3 As God doth lead I all resign; I trust me to my Father's will; When reason's rays deceptive shine, His counsel would I yet fulfill, That which His love ordained as right, Before He brought me to the light, My all to Him resigning. 4 As God doth lead me I abide, In faith, in hope, in suffering true; His strength is ever by my side, Can aught my hold on Him undo? So patiently I wait and know That God, who doth my life bestow, In kindness all is sending. 5 As God doth lead I onward go, Though oft 'mid thorns and briers keen; God does not yet His guidance show, But in the end it shall be seen How, by a loving Father's will, Faithful and true, He leads me still, Thus anchored, faith is resting.