Scripture Verse

Learn of Me. Matthew 11:29

Introduction

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Frederick Faber
(1814–1863)

Words: Fred­er­ick W. Fa­ber, Je­sus and Ma­ry 1849, alt.

Music: St. Ste­phen Will­iam Jones, 1789 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William Jones (1726–1800)
National Portrait Gallery

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Lyrics

God’s glo­ry is a won­drous thing,
Most strange in all its ways;
And, of all things on earth, least like
What men agree to praise.

Workman of God, O lose not heart,
But learn what God is like!
And, in the dark­est bat­tle­field,
Thou shalt know where to strike.

O blest is he to whom is giv­en
The in­stinct that can tell
That God is on the field when He
Is most in­vi­si­ble!

Blest too is he who can di­vine
Where real right doth lie,
And dares to take the side that seems
Wrong to man’s blind­fold eye.

For right is right, since God is God;
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be dis­loy­al­ty,
To fal­ter would be sin.