Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#332

332. My God, My Father, While I Stray

1 My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home in life’s rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
“Thy will be done!”

2 Though dark my path, and sad my lot,
Let me be still and murmur not,
Or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
“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!”

4 Let 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!”

5 Renew my will from day to day,
Blend it with Thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
“Thy will be done!”

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My God, my Father, while I stray
• Title: My God, My Father, While I Stray
• Author: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871 (alt. )
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: The Christian Way of Life: Aspiration and Consecration

Tune Information

• Name: HANFORD
• Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900
• Key: D Major