Lord, it belongs not to my care
If I should die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.
If life be long, I shall be glad,
That I may long obey;
If short, yet why should I be sad
To welcome endless day?
Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before;
He that unto God’s kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But ’tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him.
[Richard Baxter, 1681]
A discussion about the provenance of this track can be found in the Gnu’s blog at https://wp.me/p8o0bU-x0