The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10586

10586. As Thy Day, Thy Strength Shall Be

1 "As thy days thy strength shall be!"
This should be enough for thee,
He who knows thy frame will spare
Burdens more than thou canst bear.

2 When thy days are veiled in night,
Christ shall give thee heavenly light;
Seem they wearisome and long,
Yet in Him thou shalt be strong.

3 Cold and wintry though they prove,
Thine, the sunshine of His love;
Or, with fervid heat oppressed,
In His shadow thou shalt rest.

4 When thy days on earth are past,
Christ shall call thee home at last,
His redeeming love to praise,
Who hath strengthened all thy days.

Text Information

• First Line: "As thy days thy strength shall be!"
• Title: As Thy Day, Thy Strength Shall Be
• Author: Frances R. Havergal (1859)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Sunday Magazine, July 1867
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: JUDAH by J. V. Watts; The New Year’s Bells were ringing in St. Nicholas’ Church close to our Rectory (Worcester). I was sleeping with my sister Maria; she roused me to hear them and quoted the text As thy days thy strength shall be, as a New Year’s Motto. I did not answer, but presently returned it to her in rhyme (the two first verses, I think). She was pleased, so I finished it the next day and gave it to her. The last verse, with a slight alteration, was placed by my cousins on Aunt Iz­ard’s tombstone, 1868. The Ha­ver­gal Man­u­scripts Julian, p. 85.

Tune Information

• Name: GOTT SEI DANK
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: C Major
• Source: Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch Johann A. Freylinghausen (Halle: 1704)
• Copyright: Public Domain