WHAT PLEASES GOD by Paul Gerhardt

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 17, 1888

WHAT PLEASES GOD.

By Paul Gerhardt

WHAT God decrees, child of his love, Take patiently, though it may prove The storm that wrecks thy treasure here, Be comforted! thou needst not fear What pleases God.

The wisest will is God's own will; Rest on this anchor, and be still; For peace around thy path shall flow, When only wishing here below What pleases God.

The truest heart is God's own heart, Which bids thy grief and fear depart; Protecting, guiding, day and night, The soul that welcomes here aright What pleases God.

Then let the crowd around thee seize The joys that for a season please, But willingly their paths forsake, And for thy blessed portion take What pleases God.

Thy heritage is safe in Heaven; There shall the crown of joy be given; There shall thou hear and see and know, As thou couldst never here below, What pleases God. —Gerhardt.