The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9061

9061. My God, Thy Service Well Demands

1 My God, Thy service well demands
The remnant of my days:
Why was this fleeting breath renewed,
But to renew Thy praise?

2 Thine arms of everlasting love
Did this weak frame sustain,
When life was hovering o’er the grave,
And nature sunk with pain.

3 Thou, when the pains of death were felt,
Didst chase the fears of hell,
And teach my pale and quivering lips
Thy matchless grace to tell.

4 Calmly I bowed my fainting head
On Thy dear faithful breast;
Pleased to obey my Father’s call
To His eternal rest.

5 Into Thy hands, my Savior God,
Did I my soul resign,
In firm dependence on that truth,
Which made salvation mine.

6 Back from the borders of the grave,
At Thy command I come:
Nor would I urge a speedier flight
To my celestial home.

7 Where Thou determine mine abode,
There would I choose to be;
For in Thy presence death is life,
And earth is Heav’n with Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: My God, Thy service well demands
• Title: My God, Thy Service Well Demands
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scripture. By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D., by Job Orton (J. Eddowes & J. Cotton: 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: EVAN by William H. Havergal; FAR AND NEAR by C. Spazier

Tune Information

• Name: EADLEY
• Composer: James Walch (1860)
• Meter: CM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain