Church Book ‎#383

383. Teach me, my God and King

1 Teach me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee!

2 To scorn the senses' sway,
While still to Thee I tend:
In all I do be Thou the Way,
In all be Thou the End!

3 All may of Thee partake;
Nothing so small can be,
But draws, when acted for Thy sake,
Greatness and worth from Thee.

4 If done to obey Thy laws,
Even servile labors shine:
Hallowed is toil, if this the cause,
The meanest work divine.

Text Information

• First Line: Teach me, my God and King
• Alterer: John Wesley (1739)
• Author: George Herbert (1632)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: Consecration; Septuagesima Sunday; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #465

Tune Information

• Name: LYTE
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: J. B. Wilkes, 1861