The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6586

6586. The Thanksgiving

1. O King of Grief! (how strange and true
The name, to Jesus only due!)
How, Savior, shall I grieve for Thee?
Who in all griefs preventest me.

2. Then let me vie with Thee in love,
And try who there shall conqueror prove,
Giv’st Thou me wealth? I will restore
All back unto Thee by the poor.

3. Giv’st Thou me honor? All shall see
The honor doth belong to Thee:
A bosom-friend? If false he prove
To Thee, I will tear thence his love.

4. Thee shall my music find: each string
Shall have his attribute to sing;
And every note accord in Thee,
To prove one God, one harmony.

5. Giv’st Thou me knowledge? It shall still
Search out Thy ways, Thy works, Thy will:
Yea, I will search Thy Book, nor move
Till I have found therein Thy love.

6. Thy love I will turn back on Thee:
O my dear Savior, victory!
Then for Thy passion, I for that
Will do—alas, I know not what!

Text Information

• First Line: O King of Grief! how strange and true
• Title: The Thanksgiving
• Author: George Herbert, 1593-1632
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, by Charles Wesley, 1739, page 27-8
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: RETURN (Squires)
• Composer: William Henry Squires (1895)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 12343 26713 33223
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain