I KNOW not why God’s wondrous grace To me has been made known; Nor why—unworthy as I am— He claimed me for His own.
But ‘I know Whom I have believèd; and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I’ve committed unto Him against that day.’
I know not why this saving faith To me He did impart; Or how believing in His Word Wrought peace within my heart.
I know not what of good or ill May be reserved for me— Of weary ways or golden days Before His face I see.
I know not when my Lord may come; I know not how, nor where; If I shall pass the vale of death, Or ‘meet Him in the air’.
Daniel Webster Whittle, 1840-1901