The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14660

14660. My Heart's Prayer

1 Dear Lord, increase my faith, I pray,
While on this earth I roam;
Oh, banish every doubt away,
And guide me safely home.
Guide me home, guide me home,
Guide me safely home.
Oh, banish every doubt away,
And guide me safely home.

2 Oh, give me faith to trust Thy pow’r,
E’en where I cannot see;
The faith to yield this very hour,
My life, my all, to Thee.
All to Thee, all to Thee,
Life and all to Thee;
Oh, help me yield, this very hour,
My life and all to Thee.

3 To yield the whole, and not a part,
Is my most earnest prayer;
Come, Thou, and cleanse my froward heart,
And reign forever there.
Cleanse my heart, cleanse my heart,
Reign forever there;
Come, Thou, and cleanse my froward heart,
And reign forever there.

4 Should anything e’er seem to stand
Between Thy heart and mine,
Spare not the chastening of Thy hand,
Till I am wholly Thine.
Wholly Thine, wholly Thine,
Till I’m wholy Thine.
Spare not the chastening of Thy hand,
Till I am wholly Thine.

5 Then, when on earth my work is past,
And I have reached the goal,
Oh, bear me to my home at last,
A humble, grateful soul.
Bear me home, bear me home,
To my heavenly home;
Oh, bear me to my home at last,
A humble, grateful soul.

6 A palm of victory I’ll bear,
Of victory over sin;
And I shall tell the angels there
How Jesus took me in.
Tell them there, tell them there,
Jesus took me in;
Oh, I shall tell the angels there
How Jesus took me in.

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Lord, increase my faith, I pray
• Title: My Heart's Prayer
• Author: Flora McLean
• Language: English
• Source: Pearls of Paradise> (abr. ed.) by William Cooper (Chicago: 1891)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Dear Lord, increase my faith, I pray]
• Composer: William Gustin Cooper
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain