Hereafter Thou Shalt Know

Hereafter thou shalt know; in this I rest

Since Thou hast willed it so

whose will is best;

I walk by faith; what though I do not see?

Thou seest all; this is enough for me.

And so I stand and wait

till Thou shalt ope

Into the light the gate; with glow­ing hope

That bright­er than my bright­est thought shall be

The full un­fold­ing of Thy love to me.

Meanwhile

I can­not tell why things are so;

But this

Thou do­est well

I sure­ly know.

The clouds may veil the sun

and tears mine eyes;

Still reigns my Lord beyond these cur­tained skies.

And so I qui­et my heart as on Thy breast;

That Thou my Fa­ther art lulls me to rest;

A wea­ry child

on Thee my soul is stilled;

Do as Thou wilt

for Thou the best hast willed.

Have Thine own way with me; all things per­form

If in the calm I be

or in the storm;

How sweet

when cloud and storm are ov­er­past

Just to be home

and with my God at last.