Christ My Song - 1295
Say, why art thou cast down, my soul?
(Thomas Kelly/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Say, why art thou cast down, my soul?
"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?" (Psalm 43,5)
1. Say, why art thou cast down, my soul?
And why is this disquiet, why?
Is grace a fiction? and the whole
of what thou hast believed, a lie? PDF - Midi
2. If so, then give it up, and be
what once thou wast; then eat and drink,
and merry be; for better they
who think not, than are those who think.
3. But O, my soul, thou knowest well,
that grace no fiction is; for thou
hast proved its virtue, and canst tell
its worth; then wherefore doubt it now?
4. Thou knowest it no limit has:
'tis far beyond the reach of thought.
For sinners meet it is, it was,
and ever will be: fear thou not.
5. But though it may no fiction be,
and though no limit it may have,
perhaps it was not meant for thee:
'twas others it was meant to save.
6. The secret things to God belong;
they lie far off, beyond our ken.
To doubt because of these, is wrong;
the things revealed belong to men.
7. Then wish not, O my soul, nor try,
above what's written to be wise.
Enough, the word of faith is nigh,
and every needful thing supplies.
8. Then be not, O my soul, cast down,
but trust in him whose name is Love.
All blessings shall be thus thine own,
on earth below, in heav'n above.
Thomas Kelly, Hymns on various passages of Scripture, ca. 1853, Hymn 746.