Samuel Longfellow (1819–1892)

“Who sees God’s hand in all things, and all things in God’s hand.”

I LOOK to thee in every need,

And never look in vain;

I feel thy touch, Eternal Love!

And all is well again.

The thought of thee is mightier far

Than sin and pain and sorrow are.

Discouraged in the work of life,

Disheartened by its load,

Shamed by its failures or its fears,

I sink beside the road,—

But let me only think of thee,

And then new heart springs up in me.

Thy calmness bends serene above,

My restlessness to still;

Around me flows thy quickening life

To nerve my faltering will:

Thy presence fills my solitude,

Thy providence turns all to good.

Embosomed deep in thy dear love,

Held in thy law, I stand;

Thy hand in all things I behold,

And all things in thy hand;

Thou leadest me by unsought ways,

And turn’st my mourning into praise.