The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#716

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
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: YORK
• Composer: Edwin Barnes
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #624, 316, or 136.