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[Father, Thy kind design explain]

Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. —vi. 9.

Father, Thy kind design explain
In every scourge and cross,
What is the meaning of this pain,
This trouble, or this loss?
O might my heart distinctly hear
The language of the rod,
Answer Thy will, and always fear,
And always love my God.