Morning Glory Blues and Whate’er my God ordains is right

Whate’er my God ordains is right;

His will is ever just;

Howe’er he orders now my cause,

I will be still and trust.

He is my God;

Though dark my road,

He holds me that I shall not fall,

Wherefore to him I leave it all.

Whate’er my God ordains is right;

He never will deceive;

He leads me by the proper path,

And so to him I cleave,

And take content

What he hath sent;

His hand can turn my griefs away,

And patiently I wait his day.

Whate’er my God ordains is right;

Though I the cup must drink

That bitter seems to my faint heart,

I will not fear nor shrink;

Tears pass away

With dawn of day;

Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart,

And pain and sorrow all depart.

Whate’er my God ordains is right;
My light, my life is he,

Who cannot will me aught but good;

I trust him utterly;

For well I know,

In joy or woe,

We soon shall see, as sunlight clear,

How faithful was our guardian here.

Whate’er my God ordains is right;

Here will I take my stand,

Though sorrow, need, or death make earth

For me a desert land.

My Father’s care

Is round me there,

He holds me that I shall not fall;

And so to him I leave it all.

Samuel Rodigast Tr. by Catherine Winkworth