425 | Church Book#426 | 427 |
Text: | God of my life, whose gracious power |
Author: | C. Wesley |
Tune: | BONN |
1 God of my life, whose gracious power
Through various deaths my soul hath led;
Or turned aside the fatal hour,
Or lifted up my shaking head:
2 In all my ways Thy hand I own,
Thy ruling Providence I see:
O help me still my course to run,
And still direct my paths to Thee.
3 Whither, O whither should I fly,
But to my loving Saviour's breast?
Secure within Thine arms to lie,
And safe beneath Thy wings to rest!
4 I have no skill the snare to shun,
But Thou, O Christ, my wisdom art!
I ever into ruin run;
But Thou art greater than my heart.
5 Foolish, and impotent, and blind,
Lead me a way I have not known;
Bring me where I my heaven may find,
The heaven of loving Thee alone.
6 Enlarge my heart to make Thee room;
Enter, and in me every stay:
The crooked then shall straight become;
The darkness shall be lost in day.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | God of my life, whose gracious power |
Author: | C. Wesley (1740) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Trust |
Notes: | Alternate tune: #391 or #521 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BONN |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Notes: | Composer from index: Ad. Goss? 1864 |