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390 | Church Book#391 | 392 |
Text: | My God! permit me not to be |
Author: | Watts |
Tune: | LOUVAN |
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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My God! permit me not to be |
Author: | Watts (1709) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Holiness; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity |
Notes: | Alternate tune: #263 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LOUVAN |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Notes: | Composer from index: Taylor, Har. J. Pearce |