The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3880

3880. Long Did I Toil

1. Long did I toil, and knew no earthly rest,
Far did I rove, and found no certain home;
At last I sought them in His sheltering breast,
Who opes His arms, and bids the weary come:
With Him I found a home, a rest divine,
And since then I am His, and He is mine.

2. The good I have is from His stores supplied,
The ill is only what He deems the best;
He for my Friend, I’m rich with naught beside,
And poor without Him, though of all possessed:
Changes may come, I take, or I resign,
Content, while I am His, while He is mine.

3. Whate’er may change, in Him no change is seen,
A glorious Sun that wanes not nor declines;
Above the clouds and storms He walks serene,
And on His people’s inward darkness shines:
All may depart—I fret not, nor repine,
While I my Savior’s am, while He is mine.

4. While here, alas! I know but half His love,
But half discern Him, and but half adore;
But when I meet Him in the realms above,
I hope to love Him better, praise Him more,
And feel, and tell, amid the choir divine,
How fully I am His, and He is mine.

Text Information

• First Line: Long did I toil, and knew no earthly rest
• Title: Long Did I Toil
• Author: John Quarles, 1624-1665
• Author: Henry Lyte, 1793-1847
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: YORKSHIRE, John Wainright, 1750

Tune Information

• Name: BATTLE
• Composer: Henry Lawes, 1596-1662
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
• Incipit: 33212 72345 54534
• Key: f minor
• Copyright: Public Domain