Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#403

403. My God! permit me not to be

1 My God! permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and Thee;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Father, go?

3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
Thy gracious word can draw me thence;
I would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.

4 Be earth, with all her cares, withdrawn;
Let noise and vanity be gone;
In secret silence of the mind,
My heaven, and there my God, I find.

Text Information

• First Line: My God! permit me not to be
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Christians: their life and experience; Communion: With God; Meditation; God the believer's portion; Presence of God
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: Watts

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