1110    C.M.     B. Beddome
“My times are in thy hand.” Ps. 31. 15; Ecc. 3. 1-8

1 My times of sorrow and of joy,
  Great God, are in thy hand;
  My choicest comforts come from thee,
  And go at thy command.

2 If thou should’st take them all away,
  Yet let me not repine;
  Before they were possessed by me,
  They were entirely thine.

3 Nor let me drop a murmuring word,
  Though the whole world were gone;
  But seek enduring happiness
  In thee, and thee alone.