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In God's vast wisdom, infinite and grand -- / Too vast, too infinite, for mortal mind -- / There are some things I cannot understand. / In all His paths, in all His ways, I find / Some subtle mysteries of life and death -- / Some marvels that I cannot comprehend, / Nor can I hope to know them till the end, / When all shall be made plain, above -- beneath.
There are so many of His righteous deeds -- / There is so much that unto me is plain, / I have no time to wonder -- have no needs / To question why, and wherefore. In the main / My _mortal_ eyes see that His works are good. / Whatever else seems strange, and dark, and dim, / I am content to leave in faith with Him, / And in His time, it will be understood.
These labyrinths wherein many souls are lost -- / These waters, whereon some barks lose the shore, / But draw me nearer to the Heavenly Host, / But make me love and worship God the more. / There is enough that I do see and know -- / There is enough that I can understand, / And sometime Christ shall take me by the hand. / Explaining all that seems so strange below.