The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#701

701. My God, My Father, While I Stray

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

2 Tho' 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 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!”

4 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
• Meter: 8 8 8 4
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Prayer Responses

Tune Information

• Name: HANFORD
• Composer: Arthur S Sullivan, 1842-1900
• Meter: 8 8 8 4
• Key: D Major