Casual bowe’er our steps may seem

Verse 1
Casual howe’er our steps may seem,
Directed and o’er-rul’d by him
Who for his people cares,
Where providence appoints we go;
He orders all our ways we know,
And numbers all our hairs.

Verse 2
In small events we daily prove
The wisdom of our Father’s love;
We own the work is his
From trivial incidents to raise
Matter for his eternal praise,
And our eternal bliss.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz.”—[Ruth] ii. 3. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 145.
Publishing: Public Domain