Looking for hymn/poem by T.O. Chisholm

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I am looking for a poem by T.O. Chisholm, author of Great Is Thy faithfulness.  I believe the title is My Soul Is All I Have.  i do not know if it was ever set to music.  The first stanza (as i remember it)  is:

I am resolved that I'll not be

The dupe of things I have and see;

These figured totals lie to me,

My soul is all I have.

 

There were several other stanzas and I may not have this one exactly correct.  I've done some internet searches but to no avail.  Any assistance would be greatly apprecitaed!

Thanks in advance,

RKM


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Three verses are quoted in this sermon transcript:  https://wacriswell.com/sermons/1966/listening-to-jesus-2/

Thank you very much!

My Soul Is All I Have

I am resolved I will not be
The dupe of things I touch and see;
These figured totals lie to me:—
My soul is all I have.

Illusive cheats are good and gold;
These chattels that I have and hold,
Are prey of moth, and rust, and mold:—
My soul is all I have.

A builder, I, but not with stone;
The self I am, nor flesh nor bone;
My house will dure when stars are gone:—
My soul is all I have.

For me to traffic with my soul
Would make me brother to the mole;
The whole world's wealth were but a dole;
My soul is all I have.

I must have care I do not lean
T'ward what is sordid, false or mean,—
I must not touch the thing unclean:—
My soul is all I have.

O Keeper of the souls of men,
Keep mine for me, from hurt or stain,
For, should it slip my hand—what then?
My soul is all I have!

"Published in To-day, and reprinted in Religious Digest"

Thomas O. Chisholm, Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Vineland, NJ: Glendale Press, 1956), p. 93.

Thank you very much!