Text: | Lord, it is not within my care |
Author: | Richard Baxter, 1615-1691 |
Tune: | ST HUGH |
Composer: | Edward John Hopkins, 1818-1901 |
1 Lord, it is not within my care
whether I die or live;
to love and serve You is my share,
and this Your grace must give.
2 If life is long, I shall be glad
that I may long obey;
if short, then why should I be sad
to soar to endless day?
3 Christ leads me through no darker rooms
than He went through before;
whoever to God's kingdom comes
must enter by this door.
4 Come, Lord, when grace has made me fit
Your holy face to see;
for if Your work on earth be sweet,
what will Your glory be?
5 My knowledge of that life is small,
the eye of faith is dim;
it is enough that Christ knows all
and I shall be with Him.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord, it is not within my care |
Author: | Richard Baxter, 1615-1691 (adapt.) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Source: | Adapt: Compilers of Praise!, 2000 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST HUGH |
Composer: | Edward John Hopkins, 1818-1901 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | E♭ Major |