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  1. 1Quiet, Lord, my froward heart;
  2. Make me teachable and mild,
  3. Upright, simple, free from art;
  4. Make me as a weaned child,
  5. From distrust and envy free,
  6. Pleased with all that pleases Thee.
  7. 2What Thou shalt to-day provide
  8. Let me as a child receive;
  9. What to-morrow may betide
  10. Calmly to Thy wisdom leave:
  11. 'Tis enough that Thou wilt care;
  12. Why should I the burden bear?
  13. 3As a little child relies
  14. On a care beyond his own,
  15. Knows he's neither strong nor wise,
  16. Fears to stir a step alone,--
  17. Let me thus with Thee abide,
  18. As my Father, Guard, and Guide.
  19. 4Thus preserved from Satan's wiles,
  20. Safe from dangers, free from fears,
  21. May I live upon Thy smiles
  22. Till the promised hour appears,
  23. When the sons of God shall prove
  24. All their Father's boundless love.
  25. 5Amen.

About this music

DIX — Conrad Kocher. Setting: Conrad Kocher, 1838, alt. by William Henry Monk, 1861, alt. for "The English Hymnal", 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from The English Hymnal, 1906 Hymn 39. Music from "Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes", 1838 by Kocher, Hymn 201 page 250. adapted by William Henry Monk from the original (removed two measures and changed parts of the arrangement) for "Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. Also almost just like the Bristol Tune Book of 1863, Hymn 172.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Quiet, Lord, my froward heart page.

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