665a | The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892#665b | 666a |
Text: | Lord, it belongs not to my care |
Author: | Richard Baxter |
Tune: | [Lord, it belongs not to my care] |
Composer: | E. J. Hopkins, Mus. Doc. |
1 Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.
2 If life be long, oh, make me glad
The longer to obey;
If short, no laborer is sad
To end his toilsome day.
3 Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before;
And he that to God's kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
4 Come, Lord, when grace has made me meet
Thy blessed face to see;
For if Thy work on earth be sweet,
What will Thy glory be?
5 Then I shall end my sad complaints
And weary, sinful days,
And join with the triumphant saints
Who sing my Saviour's praise.
6 My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But 'tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord, it belongs not to my care |
Title: | Lord, it belongs not to my care |
Author: | Richard Baxter (1681) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1892 |
Topic: | Home and Personal Use |
Notes: | Tune name in index: ST. HUGH |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Lord, it belongs not to my care] |
Composer: | E. J. Hopkins, Mus. Doc. |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |