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Text:My God, my Father, while I stray
Author:Charlotte Elliott
Tune:YORK
Composer:Edwin Barnes

716. My God, my Father, while I stray

1 My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home, on life's rough way,
Oh, teach me from my heart to say,
"Thy will be done, thy will be done!"

2 What though in lonely grief I sigh
For friends beloved no longer nigh;
Submissive still would I replay,
"Thy will be done, thy will be done!"

3 If thou shouldst call me to resign
What most I prize, it ne'er was mine;
I only yield thee what was thine:
"Thy will be done, thy will be done!"

4 If but my fainting heart be blest
With thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God, to thee I leave the rest:
"Thy will be done, thy will be done!"

Text Information
First Line: My God, my Father, while I stray
Author: Charlotte Elliott
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: The Christian: Trust and Resignation
Tune Information
Name: YORK
Composer: Edwin Barnes
Meter: L. M.
Key: F Major or modal
Notes: Alternate tunes: #624, 316, or 136.



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