Put thou thy trust in God

Put thou thy trust in God. John Wesley* (1703-1791) and others.   This hymn is based on ‘Commit thou all thy griefs’* and ‘Give to the winds thy fears’* by John Wesley, originally a single hymn translated from the German of Paul Gerhardt*, beginning ‘Befiehl du deine Wege’ (Frost, 1962, p. 310). It was first published in William John Hall*’s Psalms and Hymns adapted to the Services of the Church of England (the ‘Mitre Hymn Book*’, 1836):    Put thou thy trust in God,   In duty’s path go on; Walk in his strength with faith and hope,   So shall thy work be done.    Commit thy ways to him,   Thy works into his hands, And rest on his unchanging word,   Who heaven and earth commands.    Though...