Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#262

262. Teach me, my God and King

1 Teach me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee;

2 To scorn the senses' sway,
While still to Thee I tend:
In all I do be Thou the Way,
In all be Thou the End!

3 All may of Thee partake;
Nothing so small can be,
But draws, when acted for Thy sake,
Greatness and worth from Thee.

4 If done t'obey Thy laws,
E'en servile labors shine;
Hallowed is toil, if this the cause,
The meanest work divine.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Teach me, my God and King
• Author: George Herbert, d. 1632
• Revised by: John Wesley (1738)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ANDREW
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1866)
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: E♭ Major