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Christ in Song 541

Leave the Rest to God

Words: M. C. HazardMusic: J. H. Tenney

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1Go thou and do the work awaiting thee to-day,
And think not of the morrow's care and sorrow;
Go thou and do the best that thou canst do to-day,
And leave the rest to God.

RefrainLeave the rest to God, leave the rest to God,
And He will work out all thy heart's desire;
Leave the rest to God, leave the rest to God,
And He will bring the answer by and by.

2Do thou thy part, and He will do His part for thee,
And daily unto thee fresh strength be given;
Thy loving work will be rewarded faithfully,
And leave the rest to God.

3Thy service shall be of the clearest, purest kind,
Of this be constantly and thankfully mindful;
Thy spirit shall be kept in perfect peace and joy,
And leave the rest to God.

4The way, the truth, the life, will all be made so clear,
And there shall be no doubting, no perplexing;
Thy mind shall be enlightened, and thy heart made pure,
And leave the rest to God.

Copyright, 1895, by J. H. Tenney. Used by permission

The verse

Meter
12.11.12.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 64% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Go thou and do the work awaiting thee to-day,//˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/12A
And think not of the morrow's care and sorrow;˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘11B
Go thou and do the best that thou canst do to-day,//˘˘˘/˘//˘˘/12A
And leave the rest to God.˘/˘/˘/6C

Verse 2

Do thou thy part, and He will do His part for thee,˘///˘˘˘˘˘/˘/12A
And daily unto thee fresh strength be given;˘/˘/˘///˘/˘11B
Thy loving work will be rewarded faithfully,//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘12C
And leave the rest to God.˘/˘/˘/6D

Verse 3

Thy service shall be of the clearest, purest kind,//˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/12A
Of this be constantly and thankfully mindful;˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘12B
Thy spirit shall be kept in perfect peace and joy,//˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/12C
And leave the rest to God.˘/˘/˘/6D

Verse 4

The way, the truth, the life, will all be made so clear,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12A
And there shall be no doubting, no perplexing;˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘11B
Thy mind shall be enlightened, and thy heart made pure,//˘˘//˘˘////12C
And leave the rest to God.˘/˘/˘/6D

Refrain

Leave the rest to God, leave the rest to God,/˘/˘//˘/˘/10A
And He will work out all thy heart's desire;˘˘˘/////˘/˘11B
Leave the rest to God, leave the rest to God,/˘/˘//˘/˘/10A
And He will bring the answer by and by.˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘10C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.