139: Was Gott gefällt, mein frommes Kind.

Was Gott gefällt, mein frommes Kind.--(Goed. 139.)

[Resignation to "what pleases God."]

First appeared in Crü.--Runge, 1653, no. 290, in 20 stanzas of 5 lines; in Wackernagel: no. 60; Bachmann: no. 37; Unv. L. S.: 1851, no. 723.

English Versions:

1. What God decrees, child of his love.

A good rendering of stanzas I, II, V, VI, VIII, XII, XV, XVIII, XX, by Mrs. Findlater in the 3d Series, 1858, of the H. L. L., p. 49 (1884, p. 170). Included in full in Bishop Ryle's Collection, 1860, no. 171, and abridged in Christian Hymns, Adelaide, 1872, and beginning "What God decrees, take patiently," in Kennedy, 1863, no. 1344.

2. What pleaseth God with joy receive.

Miss Dunn, 1857, p. 94.

3. What pleases God, O pious soul.

Miss Winkworth, 1858, p. 193.

4. What pleaseth God, my faithful child.

J. Kelly, 1867, p. 189.