The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6541

6541. Teach Me, My God and King

1. Teach me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything
To do it as for Thee.

2. A man that looks on glass,
On it may stay his eye;
Or if he pleaseth, through it pass,
And then the heaven espy.

3. To scorn the senses’ sway,
While still to Thee I tend:
In all I do be Thou the way,
In all be Thou the end.

4. All may of Thee partake;
Nothing so small can be
But draws, when acted for Thy sake,
Greatness and worth from Thee.

5. If done to obey Thy laws,
E’en servile labors shine;
Hallowed is toil, if this the cause,
The meanest work divine.

6. This is the famous stone
That turneth all to gold;
For that which God doth touch and own
Cannot for less be sold.

Text Information

• First Line: Teach me, my God and King
• Title: Teach Me, My God and King
• Author: George Herbert (1633)
• Recaster (vs. 2-4): John Wesley (1738)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: The Temple, 1633
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: SANDYS, in Sandys' Collection, 1833; MORNINGTON, arranged from Garrett C. Wellesley, 1805

Tune Information

• Name: EMMAUS
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1862)
• Meter: SM
• Incipit: 11234 55765 55645
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain