3483. Just for Today (Partridge)

1. Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin just for today.
Help me to labor earnestly and duly pray;
Let me be kind in word and deed, Father, today.

2. Let me no wrong or idle word unthinking say;
Set Thou a seal upon my lips through all today.
Let me in season, Lord, be grave, in season gay;
Let me be faithful to Thy grace, dear Lord, today.

3. And if, today, this life of mine should ebb away,
Give me Thy sacrament divine, Father, today.
So for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray;
Still keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, through each day.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray
Title: Just for Today (Partridge)
Author: Sybil F. Partridge (1877)
Meter: 84.84 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Also sometimes attributed to Ernest R. Wilberforce (a pseudonym for Partridge?).
Tune Information
Name: VINCENT
Composer: Horatio Richmond Palmer (1897)
Meter: 84.84 D
Incipit: 33343 32111 23555
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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