Hymn Book ‎#82

82. My God and Father, while I stray

1 My God and 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 What though in lonely grief I sigh
For friends beloved, no longer nigh?
Submissive would I still reply,
Thy will be done!

4 If Thou shouldst call me to resign
What I most prize,--it ne’er was mine;
I only yield Thee what is Thine;
Thy will be done!

5 Should pining sickness waste away,
My life in premature decay,
My Father, still I strive to say,
Thy will be done!

6 If but my fainting heart be blessed
With Thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God, to Thee I leave the rest:
Thy will be done!

7 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!

8 Then, when on earth I breathe no more
The prayer, oft mixed with tears before,
I’ll sing upon a happier shore,
Thy will be done!

Text Information

• First Line: My God and Father, while I stray
• Author: Charlotte Elliott
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: The Christian Life

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