SUBMISSION.
Submit yourselves therefore to God.—James, iv. 7.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake.—I. Peter, ii. 13.
Since ’tis Thy sentence I should part
With the most precious treasure of my heart,
I freely that and more resign,
My heart itself, as its delight is thine;
My little all I give to thee,
Thou gav’st a greater gift, Thy Son, to me.
Take all, great God, I will not grieve,
But still will wish that I had still to give;
I hear thy voice, thou bid’st me quit
My paradise; I bless and do submit;
I will not murmur at thy word,
Nor beg thy angel to sheathe up his sword.
Norris.
Almighty power, I love Thee! blissful name,
My healer, God! and may my inmost soul
Love and adore for ever! Oh, ’tis good
To wait submissive at Thy holy throne,
To leave petitions at Thy feet, and bear
Thy frowns and silence with a patient soul.
The hand of mercy is not short to save,
Nor is the ear of heavenly pity deaf
To mortal cries.
Watts.
Though round him numerous tribes,
Sworn foes to Heaven’s dread Ruler, pitch their tents,
No wayward doubts or coward fears appal
The patriarch’s soul. By the bright hope sustained
That in his seed all nations should be blessed,
Calm and unmoved the delegated seer
Submissive bends to the Eternal Will.
Samuel Hayes.
Christ had his sorrows—so must thou,
If thou wilt tread the path He trod—
O then, like Him, submissive bow,
And own the sovereignty of God.
Anon.