Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#434

434. 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 Saviour, go?

3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
Thy sovereign 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4 Be earth, with all her cares, withdrawn;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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My God! permit me not to be
• Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Communion: With Christ; Communion: With God; Fellowship with God; Portion: God, the believer's
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ROSE HILL
• Composer: Joseph E. Sweetser
• Notes: Public Domain.