Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) 403. My God! permit me not to be

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.)‎#403

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Text:

My God! permit me not to be

1 My God! permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and Thee;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Father, go?

3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
Thy gracious word can draw me thence;
I would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.

4 Be earth, with all her cares, withdrawn;
Let noise and vanity be gone;
In secret silence of the mind,
My heaven, and there my God, I find.

Text Information
First Line:	My God! permit me not to be
Meter:	L. M.
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1870
Topic:	Christians: their life and experience; Communion: With God; Meditation (2 more...)
Notes:	Author from index: Watts