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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3 Verses
Three verses are quoted in this sermon transcript: https://wacriswell.com/sermons/1966/listening-to-jesus-2/
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My Soul Is All I Have
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.
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