Cast all your cares upon the Lord

Verse 1

Cast all your cares upon the Lord, Who careth still for you; Your pray'rs shall ever more be heard: Yes, heard and answer'd too.

Verse 2

O! watch and pray in all your lives; Resist the Devil's pow'r! Who like a roaring Lion strives, Your souls for to devour.

Verse 3

O be ye stedfast, strong in hope Preserve a living faith! That will support and bear you up, Against the pow'rs of death.

Verse 4

Should we refuse the Cross to bear? To shew the Saviour's name; Our faithful brethern every where, Do ever bear the same.

Verse 5

And after suff'ring here awhile, The sorrows ye may meet; All our afflictons, pain and toil, Will make our joys complete.

Verse 6

The God of love, of peace and grace, Your Great and Mighty friend! Establish you in all his ways, Until your warfare end.