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Text:Lord, it is not within my care
Author:Richard Baxter, 1615-1691
Tune:ST HUGH
Composer:Edward John Hopkins, 1818-1901

662. Lord, it is not within my care

1 Lord, it is not within my care
whether I die or live;
to love and serve You is my share,
and this Your grace must give.

2 If life is long, I shall be glad
that I may long obey;
if short, then why should I be sad
to soar to endless day?

3 Christ leads me through no darker rooms
than He went through before;
whoever to God's kingdom comes
must enter by this door.

4 Come, Lord, when grace has made me fit
Your holy face to see;
for if Your work on earth be sweet,
what will Your glory be?

5 My knowledge of that life is small,
the eye of faith is dim;
it is enough that Christ knows all
and I shall be with Him.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, it is not within my care
Author: Richard Baxter, 1615-1691 (adapt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Source: Adapt: Compilers of Praise!, 2000
Tune Information
Name: ST HUGH
Composer: Edward John Hopkins, 1818-1901
Meter: CM
Key: E♭ Major



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