It Matters Not What Be Thy Lot
Daniel Burton
- Composer:
- Daniel Burton
- Lyricist:
- Mary Baker Eddy
- Publisher:
- Cedar Crest Music
- Instrumentation:
- Piano/Vocal
- Key:
- F
- Vocal Range:
- Medium
- Vocal Pitch Range:
- C - F
- MP3 Duration:
- 02:21
Lyrical setting from the classic 1981 collection of solos based on Mrs. Eddy’s poems.
Lyrics
IT MATTERS NOT WHAT BE THY LOT
Poem by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by Daniel Burton
It matters not what be thy lot,
So Love doth guide;
For storm or shine, pure peace is thine,
Whate’er betide.
And of these stones, or tyrants’ thrones,
God able is
To raise up seed—in thought and deed—
To faithful His.
Aye, darkling sense, arise, go hence!
Our God is good.
False fears are foes—truth tatters those,
When understood.
Love looseth thee, and lifteth me,
Ayont hate’s thrall:
There Life is light, and wisdom might,
And God is All.
The centuries break, the earthbound wake,
God’s glorified!
Who doth His will—
His likeness still—
Is satisfied.
Words used courtesy of The Mary Baker Eddy Collection