Text: | My God and Father, while I Stray |
Author: | Charlotte Elliott |
Tune: | ROSINA |
Composer: | Emanuel Schmauk |
1 My God and Father, while I stray
Far from my home, on life's rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
"Thy will be done!"
2 Tho' dark my path, and sad my lot,
Let me be still and murmur not,
Or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
"Thy will be done!"
3 What tho' in lonely grief I sigh
For friends beloved, no longer nigh,
Submissive still would I reply,
"Thy will be done!"
4 If Thou hast called me to resign
What most I prize, it ne'er was mine;
I only yield Thee what is Thine:
"Thy will be done!"
5 Let but my fainting heart be blest
With Thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God, to Thee I leave the rest,--
"Thy will be done!"
6 Renew my will from day to day,
Blend it with Thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
"Thy will be done!"
7 Then, when on earth I breathe no more
The prayer oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing upon a happier shore,
"Thy will be done!"
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My God and Father, while I stray |
Title: | My God and Father, while I Stray |
Author: | Charlotte Elliott (1834) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1918 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Following Christ; Prayer |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ROSINA |
Composer: | Emanuel Schmauk (1893) |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Public Domain. |