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Text: | What Thou wilt, O Father, give |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
Tune: | NUREMBERG |
Composer: | Johann R. Ahle |
1 What Thou wilt, O Father, give;
All is gain that I receive;
Let the lowliest task be mine,
Grateful, so the work be Thine.
2 If there be some weaker one,
Give me strength to help him on;
If a blinder soul there be,
Let me guide him nearer Thee.
3 Clothe with life the weak intent,
Let me be the thing I meant;
Let me find in Thy employ
Peace that dearer is than joy;
4 Out of self to love be led,
And to heaven acclimated,
Until all things sweet and good
Seem my natural habitude.
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First Line: | What Thou wilt, O Father, give |
Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier (1863) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1923 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NUREMBERG |
Composer: | Johann R. Ahle (1664) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. |