The phrase "content" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...And ended the long uncertainty,
Then I shall be content.
Oh, sweet content! Oh, vision fair!...
And ended the long uncertainty,
Then I shall be content.
Oh, sweet content! Oh, vision fair!
...Riches of grace are offered me,
I am content.
Wealth of the world must fade and fail,...
Riches of grace are offered me,
I am content.
Wealth of the world must fade and fail,
...My joyful song of praise
In sweet content I sing:
To Thee the note I raise,...
My joyful song of praise
In sweet content I sing:
To Thee the note I raise,
...An earnest deep desire for grace,
Our lives with true content to fill.
So hear and heed His faithful Word,...
An earnest deep desire for grace,
Our lives with true content to fill.
So hear and heed His faithful Word,
...If such Thy sacred will;
If not, content to drink it up,
Thy pleasure I fulfill....
If such Thy sacred will;
If not, content to drink it up,
Thy pleasure I fulfill.
...And glorify the word that brings
The secret of content.
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And glorify the word that brings
The secret of content.
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...May I in virtue and in faith,
And with Thy gifts content;
Rejoice beneath Thy covering wings,...
May I in virtue and in faith,
And with Thy gifts content;
Rejoice beneath Thy covering wings,
...Out of the woods my master came
And He was well content;
Out of the woods my master came,...
Out of the woods my master came
And He was well content;
Out of the woods my master came,
...Let life be bright or dark with woe;
I am content, for this I know,
Thou thinkest, Lord, of me!...
Let life be bright or dark with woe;
I am content, for this I know,
Thou thinkest, Lord, of me!
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My Lord, how full of sweet content;
I pass my years of banishment!...
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My Lord, how full of sweet content;
I pass my years of banishment!
...Let life be bright or dark with woe;
I am content, for this I know,
Thou thinkest, Lord, of me!...
Let life be bright or dark with woe;
I am content, for this I know,
Thou thinkest, Lord, of me!
...Who givest us health and friends and food
And peace and calm content;
Like fragrant incense, to the skies,...
Who givest us health and friends and food
And peace and calm content;
Like fragrant incense, to the skies,
...The guilt of man sustained.
O wondrous love! content to meet,
For us, reproach and scorn;...
The guilt of man sustained.
O wondrous love! content to meet,
For us, reproach and scorn;
...For ever here abide;
And dwell in peace and full content,
Dear Master, at Thy side....
For ever here abide;
And dwell in peace and full content,
Dear Master, at Thy side.
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O holy Lord, content to fill
In lowly home the lowliest place,...
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O holy Lord, content to fill
In lowly home the lowliest place,
...No longer dark and narrow!
Like Him, I enter thee content,
Released from toil and sorrow....
No longer dark and narrow!
Like Him, I enter thee content,
Released from toil and sorrow.
...Soul of mine, in earthly temple,
Why not here content abide?
Why art thou forever pleading?...
Soul of mine, in earthly temple,
Why not here content abide?
Why art thou forever pleading?
...Only be still, and wait His leisure
In cheerful hope, with heart content
To take whatever the Father’s pleasure...
Only be still, and wait His leisure
In cheerful hope, with heart content
To take whatever the Father’s pleasure
...A lofty house, or large estate,
Can ne’er content the mind.
Were the Peruvian mountains mine,...
A lofty house, or large estate,
Can ne’er content the mind.
Were the Peruvian mountains mine,
...His love and wisdom meet;
And so I rest, content to know,
He leads my feet where’er I go,...
His love and wisdom meet;
And so I rest, content to know,
He leads my feet where’er I go,
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