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Text:Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
Author:Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889
Tune:RICHMOND
Composer:Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820
Harmonizer:S. Webbe the younger, c. 1770-1843

424. Fill thou my life, O Lord my God

1 Fill thou my life, O Lord my God,
in every part with praise,
that my whole being may proclaim
thy being and thy ways.

2 Not for the lip of praise alone,
nor e'en the praising heart
I ask, but for a life made up
of praise in every part:

3 Praise in the common things of life,
its goings out and in;
praise in each duty and each deed,
however small and mean.

4 Fill every part of me with praise:
let all my being speak
of thee and of thy love, O Lord,
poor though I be and weak.

*5 So shalt thou, Lord, receive from me
the praise and glory due;
and so shall I begin on earth
the song for ever new.

*6 So shall each fear, each fret, each care,
be turnèd into song;
and every winding of the way
the echo shall prolong.

7 So shall no part of day or night
unblest or common be,
but all my life, in every step,
be fellowship with thee.

Text Information
First Line: Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Topic: Fourth Sunday Before Lent: Year A; Proper 16: Year C; Proper 26: Year B (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: RICHMOND
Composer: Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820
Harmonizer: S. Webbe the younger, c. 1770-1843
Meter: CM
Key: G Major



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