383 Landis. S.M.
(883) God's Tenderness in Our Grief.
How tender is thy hand,
Oh, thou beloved Lord!
Afflictions come at thy command,
And leave us at thy word.
2 How gentle was the rod
That chastened us for sin!
How soon we found a smiling God,
Where deep distress had been!
3 A Father's hand we felt,
A Father's heart we knew;
With tears of penitence we knelt,
And found his word was true.
4 We told him all our grief,
We thought of Jesus' love;
A sense of pardon brought relief,
And bade our pains remove.
Thomas Hastings.