The Home Circle by Paul Gerhardt

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 11, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 23.

The Home Circle.

By Paul Gerhardt

BE THOU CONTENT.

Why art thou full of anxious fear, How thou shalt be sustained and fed? He who hath made and placed thee here Will give thee needful daily bread. Canst thou not trust His rich and bounteous hand, Who feeds all living things on sea and land? Be thou content.

He who doth teach the little birds To find their meat in field and wood, Who gives the countless flocks and herds, Each day, their needful drink and food, Thy hunger, too, will surely satisfy, And all thy wants in His good time supply. Be thou content. —Paul Gerhardt, 1670.