646    C.M.     W. Gadsby
Hymn for a Fast Day. Ps. 93. 1-4; 99. 1

1 Great God! whose universal power
  Through all the earth is known;
  Who governs heaven and earth, nor sits
  On a precarious throne;

2 No strange commotions on the earth,
  No wars have taken place,
  But what were ever in thy view,
  Almighty God of grace.

3 Creatures of every sort and kind
  Are all at thy control;
  The God that fills immensity
  Must reign from pole to pole.

4 Our wars and tumults all arise
  As the effect of sin;
  Sin is the cause of all the woes
  The world has felt or seen.

5 Dear Lord, we fall before thy face;
  Our guilt and folly own;
  And pray thee, for thy mercy’s sake,
  To make thy goodness known.

6 In mercy put a stop to war;
  In mercy send us peace;
  Nor let thy vengeance on us fall,
  Almighty King of grace.

7 Yet, Lord, whate’er thy will may be,
  We pray to be resigned;
  We know thou art too wise to err,
  Too good to be unkind.