What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?

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1 What wilt thou have me to do my Lord?
What wilt thou have me to do?
I bring to thy service the feet that slide,
The hands unskilled and the heart untried,
Yet fain would that heart be true, dear Lord,
O fain would that heart be true.

2 What wilt thou have me to do my Lord?
What wilt thou have me to do?
I toil in thy service, but only glean
The grapes that others have left unseen;
So precious, so passing few, dear Lord,
More precious that they are few.

3 Blessed our toil in this shadow land,
Blest, with the goal in view,
Of a glad new life with its sweet joy springs,
Where thrills the air with the questionings;
What wilt thou have me to do, dear Lord,
What more can thy servants do.

Source: Joyful Songs: a choice collection of new Sunday School music #113

Author: Sophia T. Griswold

Sophia (Paulina) Taylor Griswold Canada/USA 1828-1903. Born in Canada, she moved to the U.S. and lived in Chicago, IL. She married Dr William R Griswold, a native of New York, and they had one daughter, Eva. She was a poet who wrote hymn lyrics for tunes composed by hymnists George Root, Philip Bliss, George Stebbins and others. She died in Chicago. John Perry  Go to person page >

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First Line: What wilt thou have me to do my Lord?
Title: What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?
Author: Sophia T. Griswold
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Joyful Songs #113

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