Text: | Lord! when I all things would possess |
Author: | Thomas H. Gill |
Tune: | CADDO |
Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
1 Lord! when I all things would possess,
I crave but to be thine;
O, lowly is the loftiness
Of these desires divine!
2 Each gift but helps my soul to learn
How boundless is thy store;
I go from strength to strength, and yearn
For thee, my Helper, more.
3 How can my soul divinely soar,
How keep the shining way,
And not more tremblingly adore,
And not more humbly pray?
4 The more I triumph in thy gifts,
The more I wait on thee,
The grace that mightily uplifts
Most sweetly humbleth me.
5 The heaven where I would stand complete
My lowly love shall see,
And stronger grow the yearning sweet,
My blessed Lord, for thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord! when I all things would possess |
Author: | Thomas H. Gill |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Christian: Godly Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CADDO |
Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #395, 446, or 147. |