Sunday School Voices, No.2 ‎#84

84. My Prayer

1 I want to live that I may learn
More of my Savior’s way,
More of the loyalty of faith
Grown stronger day by day.
I want to know more of his grace,
To seek the sunshine of his face,
To make my heart his biding place
Forever and for aye.

Chorus:
I want to live that I may prove
The willing servant of his love,
And faithfully each day to more
Obedient to his will.

2 I want to live that I may bear
His love to those who weep;
To tell it forth that all may share
Its fountain, full and deep.
I want to do my earnest part
To lift the burden from some heart,
To ease some sorrow’s bitter smart,
To waken those who sleep. [Chorus]

3 I want to live that I may serve
My Lord at ev’ry call;
To lay before his blessed feet
My life, my strength, my all:
to live so that each day shall be
An emblem of eternity;
To feel his grace sustaining me
When twilight shadows fall. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: I want to live that I may learn
• Title: My Prayer
• Author: Katharine A. Grimes
• Refrain First Line: I want to live that I may prove
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1913
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [I want to live that I may learn]
• Composer: T. Martin Towne
• Notes: Public Domain.