The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#624

624. My God, I thank Thee, Who hast made

1 My God, I thank Thee, Who hast made
The earth so bright,;
So full of splendor and of joy,
Beauty and light;
So many glorious things are here,
Noble and right.

2 I thank Thee too that Thou hast made
Joy to abound;
So many gentle thoughts and deeds
Circling us round.
That in the darkest spot of earth
Some love is found.

3 I thank Thee more that all our joy
Is touched with pain;
That shadows fall on brightest hours;
That thorns remain;
So that earth's bliss may be our guide,
And not our chain.

4 For Thou Who knowest, Lord, how soon
Our weak heart clings,
Hast given us joys, tender and true,
Yet all with wings;
So that we see, gleaming on high,
Diviner things.

5 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept
The best in store;
We have enough, yet not too much
To long for more:
A yearning for a deeper peace,
Not known before.

6 I thank Thee, Lord, that here our souls,
Though amply blest,
Can never find, although they seek,
A perfect rest;
Nor ever shall, until they lean
On Jesus' breast.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My God, I thank Thee, Who hast made
• Title: My God, I thank Thee, Who hast made
• Author: Adelaide A. Procter (1858)
• Meter: 8.4.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: For the Sick and Afflicted; Thanksgiving
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune name in index: CARROW

Tune Information

• Name: [My God, I thank Thee, Who hast made]
• Composer: Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: 8.4.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.