I’ve been exploring some of the very modern worship songs as an old guy 😀. But now, I’ve decided to alternate between very modern hymns, old hymns, and in-between hymns, namely the worship songs from the 60s to the 90s that feature in hymnbooks such as Mission Praise. Today it’s the turn of the old hymns.
Today’s song is Through the love of God our Saviour from 1847.
1 Through the love of God our Saviour,
all will be well.
Free and changeless is his favour,
all, all is well.
Precious is the blood that healed us,
perfect is the grace that sealed us,
strong the hand stretched forth to shield us,
all must be well.
2 Though we pass through tribulation,
all will be well.
Ours is such a full salvation,
all, all is well.
Happy, still in God confiding,
fruitful, if in Christ abiding,
holy, through the Spirit’s guiding,
all must be well.
3 We expect a bright tomorrow,
all will be well.
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
‘All, all is well.’
On our Father’s love relying,
Jesus every need supplying,
in our living, in our dying,
all must be well.
I remember singing this hymn back in the 1980s.
And in primary school, I remember our class singing the Welsh lullaby, All Through the Night, which uses the same tune. Both have a calming effect, and I see All Through the Night on the Hymnary website – so maybe some see it as a hymn. But I much prefer Through the love of God our Saviour.
But is it true that all will be well? Sometimes, things on earth turn out well, but ultimately, we look to heaven, or the new heaven and new earth, as described in the Book of Revelation. Things might not necessarily go well in the meantime, but the hymnwriter trusts that God knows what He’s doing when he allows us to go through trials. It’s all part of a higher plan – and when we trust in Jesus, we can be sure that things will go according to His plan. Jesus didn’t have a troublefree life, and neither will we – be God fulfilled His purpose.:
John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Here are some other versions of today’s hymn:
Hibernia Gospel 