332. My God, My Father, While I Stray

1 My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home in life’s rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
“Thy will be done!”

2 Though dark my path, and sad my lot,
Let me be still and murmur not,
Or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
“Thy will be done!”

3 If Thou shouldst call me to resign
What most I prize, it ne’er was mine;
I only yield Thee what was Thine;
“Thy will be done!”

4 Let but my fainting heart be blest
With Thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God, to Thee I leave the rest;
“Thy will be done!”

5 Renew my will from day to day,
Blend it with Thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
“Thy will be done!”

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: My God, my Father, while I stray
Title: My God, My Father, While I Stray
Author: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871 (alt. )
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Topic: The Christian Way of Life: Aspiration and Consecration
Tune Information
Name: HANFORD
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900
Key: D Major



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