Number: 415
English: Tune; HON 1987 #334
Title: Though God's Choicest Gifts are Sufferings
Name: St. Oswald or St. Ambrose
Words: Sam Jones
Music: J. B. Dykes
Copyright: Lyrics written in June 1935
Meter: 
Form: 

Though God’s choic¤est gifts are suf¤f’rings,
All suf¤fi¤cient is His grace.
In the fur¤nace of af¤flic¤tion,
Love and mer¤cy you can trace.

In great faith¤ful¤ness and mer¤cy,
God has cho¤sen this for you,
Just and pure His will and mo¤tive,
Keep this al¤ways in your view.

Let Him work in you His pleas¤ure,
Do not ask the rea¤son why,
Ques¤tion not the high¤est wis¤dom,
Though the tears may dim your eyes.

Make His choice and will the meas¤ure
Of your love and loy¤al¤ty,
Lose your choice and will for¤ev¤er
In His choice and will for thee.

Un¤to you this choice is giv¤en,
High¤er hon¤our could not be,
Called of God to bear the im¤age
Of His Son e¤ter¤nal¤ly.