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Text:Teach Me, My God and King
Alterer:John Wesley
Author:George Herbert
Tune:FESTAL SONG
Composer:Willam Henry Walter

259. 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 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.

3 All may of Thee partake;
nothing so small can be,
but draws, when acted for Thy sake,
greatness and worth from Thee.

4 If done t'obey Thy laws,
e’en servile labors shine;
hallowed is toil, if this the cause,
the meanest work divine.

Text Information
First Line: Teach me, my God and King
Title: Teach Me, My God and King
Author: George Herbert (1653)
Alterer: John Wesley (1738)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2017
Topic: Submission and Profession
Notes: Recast by John Wesley
Tune Information
Name: FESTAL SONG
Composer: Willam Henry Walter (1894)
Meter: SM
Key: G Major
Notes: Higher key: no. 145



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