Q8.    How doth God execute His decrees?

 You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.

 

Whate'er my God ordains is right; his holy will abideth;

I will be still whate'er he doth, and follow where he guideth.

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 me;

he leads me by the proper path; I know he will not leave me.

I 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 now this cup, in drinking,

may bitter seem to my faint heart,

I take it, all unshrinking.

My God is true; each morn anew sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart, and

pain and sorrow shall depart.

Whate'er my God ordains is right: here shall my stand be taken;

though sorrow need, or death be mine, yet am I not forsaken.

My Father's care is round me there;

he holds me that I shall not fall;

and so to him I leave it all.