Hymn
Submissive Resignation
O Lord, my best desire fulfil,
And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to Thy will,
And make Thy pleasure mine.
Why should I shrink at Thy command,
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears?
No, let me rather freely yield
What most I prize to Thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold from me.
Thy favor, all my journey through
Thou art engaged to grant:
What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to want.
Submissive Resignation — Text from Book of Worship (Rev. ed.), 1870. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/submissive-resignation
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Submissive Resignation?
The words of Submissive Resignation were written by William Cowper; the version here was published in 1870. The library holds 16 more hymns by William Cowper, including Walking with God and Looking Upwards in a Storm.
Is Submissive Resignation public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Book of Worship (Rev. ed.), published in 1870. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Submissive Resignation?
Submissive Resignation is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Remember Me, Witness, Ye Men And Angels Now and Happy is He, whose early years.