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66. THE SCHOOL OF THE CROSS

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​Author:  Unknown
​Composer: ​Christian Friedrich Richter (1676-1711)

​1. O teach me, Lord, instead of grieving,
    And wishing all my burdens moved,
    To bear them patiently, perceiving
    How Thou has suffered, borne and loved.
    Teach me the art of keeping silent,
    That calm, contented I remain;
    Cross bearer, Thee, I would resemble,
    O change to love my bitterest pain!
 
2. Thou knowest how I oft forget Thee,
    Though from myself the fact I hide,
    How proud I love my strength to measure
    When Thou dost not a cross provide.
    From overconfidence to save me,
    To show me plainly what I am,
    Thou must provide a cross to shame me,
    For only thus my pride shall wane.
 
3. Thou knowest how ’midst earth’s confusion
    I oft Thy ways almost forsook;
    How often I deceiving feelings
    For forward steps in faith mistook.
    To prove to me my inward damage,
    That I was far from Thee astray,
    Hast Thou a cross upon me laden
    Upon a dark and thorny way.
 
4. Thou know’st how oft I come before Thee
    And prize it not, that Thou art near
    To pray but empty words and phrases
    Moved by a sense of duty here.
    Is prayer to bring to me a blessing?
    Am I to feel that Thou dost hear?
    A cross must on my soul be pressing;
    Thou to my broken heart art near.
 
5. O Lord, Thou knowest every secret,
    Thou seest, hearest, knowest all.
    My sighs and groans, although yet sleeping,
    Thou in advance by name dost call.
    O grant that Thou, Lord, and Thy purpose
    My foremost thought in life may be;
    Yea, in Thy silence take and hide me,
    Or I shall ne’er from sin be free.
 
6. Lord, in Thy presence naught is lacking,
    No wish denied, but all is right;
    Transformed to love is all my burden,
    The yoke is eased, the load seems light.
    For in Thy stillness nothing threatens
    The soul amidst earth’s woe and pain.
    To me Thy grace shall be sufficient,
    The cross shall be my greatest gain.
 
7. No more complaining, no more grieving,
    But grateful praise shall be my lot;
    Although chastised, amid oppression
    Thy love and grace forsake me not.
    The paths that seem to us the darkest
    Are blessings rich, although disguised;
    All things for good shall work together
    To them that love Thee, Jesus Christ.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements