Church Book ‎#391

391. 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.

Text Information

• 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: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #263

Tune Information

• Name: LOUVAN
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Taylor, Har. J. Pearce