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Text:Wait, O My Soul, Thy Maker's Will
Author:Benjamin Beddome
Tune:SESSIONS
Composer:Luther Orlando Emerson
Media:MIDI file

7589. Wait, O My Soul, Thy Maker's Will

1. Wait, O my soul, thy maker’s will;
Tumultuous passions, all be still!
Nor let a murmuring thought arise;
His ways are just, His counsels wise.

2. He in the thickest darkness dwells,
Performs His work, the cause conceals;
But, though His methods are unknown,
Judgment and truth support His throne.

3. In Heaven, and earth, and air, and seas
He executes His firm decrees;
And by His saints it stands confessed,
That what He does is ever best.

4. Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait;
Prostrate before His awful seat;
And, ’midst the terrors of His rod,
Trust in a wise and gracious God.

Text Information
First Line: Wait, O my soul, thy maker's will
Title: Wait, O My Soul, Thy Maker's Will
Author: Benjamin Beddome (1787)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: In the first edition of A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, by John Rippon, 1787
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SESSIONS
Composer: Luther Orlando Emerson (1847)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 56515 65123 22322
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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