When reason can no further go

Verse 1
When reason can no farther go,
And Providential openings fail,
Dost Thou not, Lord, thy counsel show,
Thy secret mind infallible,
To souls who in thy ways stand still,
And dread to miss thy perfect will?

Verse 2
In solemn doubts of import great,
We know, Thou wilt for us decide,
Thy people waiting at thy feet
By sure unerring wisdom guide,
Dispose the lot, thine own decree
T’ explain, and clearly speak for Thee.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘They gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias.’—[Acts 1,] v. 26.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 141.
Publishing: Public Domain