3. For what have all that live and move Through this wide world below That does not from Thy bounteous love, O heavenly Father, flow? 4. Who built the lofty firmament? Who spread th’ expanse of blue? By whom are to our pastures sent Refreshing rain and dew? 5. Who warmeth us in cold and frost? Who shields us from the wind? Who orders it that oil and must We in their season find? 6. Who is it life and health bestows? Who keeps us with His hand In golden peace, wards off war’s woes From our dear native land? 7. O Lord, of this and all our store Thou art the Author blest; Thou keepest watch before our door While we securely rest. 8. Thou feedest us from year to year And constant dost abide; With ready help in time of fear Thou standest at our side. 9. With patience dost Thou ever chide And chasten’st sparingly; Thou castest all our sins aside And drown’st them in the sea. 10. When silent woe our bosom rends, Thy pity sees our grief And gives what to our glory tends No less than our relief. 11. Thou knowest when a Christian weeps And why his tear-drops fall; And in the book Thy mercy keeps These things are noted all. 12. Our deepest needs dost Thou supply, Thou giv’st what lasts for aye; Thou lead’st us to our home on high When hence we pass away. 13. Rejoice, my heart, be glad and sing, A cheerful trust maintain! For God, the Source of everything, Thy Portion will remain. 14. He is thy Treasure, He thy Joy, Thy Life and Light and Lord, Thy Counselor when doubts annoy, Thy Shield and great Reward. 15. In restless thought or blank despair Why spend each day and night? On Him who made thee cast thy care; He makes our burdens light. 16. Did not His love and truth and power Watch o’er thy childhood’s day? Has He not oft in threatening hour Turned dreaded ills away? 17. His wisdom never plans in vain, Ne’er falters or mistakes; All that His counsels did ordain A happy ending makes. 18. Upon thy lips, then, lay thy hand And trust His guiding love; Then firm as rock thy peace shall stand Here and in heaven above. Paul Gerhardt, 1653. 293 C. M. We sing th’ almighty power of God, Who bade the mountains rise, Who spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. 2. We sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day; The moon shines, too, at His command, And all the stars obey. 3. We sing the goodness of the Lord, Who fills the earth with food; Who formed His creatures by a word And then pronounced them good.