319b | The Hymnal#320 | 321 |
Text: | Thou Life within my life, than self more near |
Author: | Eliza Scudder |
Tune: | FFIGYSBREN |
1 Thou life within my life, than self more near,
Thou veiled Presence infinitely clear,
From all illusive shows of sense I flee,
To find my center and my rest in Thee.
2 Below all depths Thy saving mercy lies,
Through thickest gloom I see Thy light arise,
Above the highest heaven Thou art not found
More surely than within this earthly round.
3 Take part with me against those doubts that rise
And seek to throne Thee far in distant skies;
Take part with me against this self that dares
Assume the burden of these sins and cares.
4 How shall I call Thee who art always here?
How shall I praise Thee who art still most dear?
What may I give Thee save what Thou hast given,
And whom but Thee have I in earth or heaven?
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Thou Life within my life, than self more near |
Author: | Eliza Scudder (1871) |
Meter: | 10. 10. 10. 10. |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | The Life In Christ: The Inner Life; Inner Life, The |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FFIGYSBREN |
Meter: | 10. 10. 10. 10. |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Welsh hymn melody |
Copyright: | Tune from "Songs of Praise." Used by permission of the Oxford University Press. |