Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#405

405. God of my life, Whose gracious power

1 God of my life, Whose gracious power
Through various deaths my soul hath led;
Or turned aside the fatal hour,
Or lifted up my sinking head;

2 In all my ways Thy hand I own,
Thy ruling Providence I see;
O help me still my course to run,
And still direct my paths to Thee.

3 Whither, O whither should I fly,
But to my loving Saviour's breast?
Secure within Thine arms to lie,
And safe beneath Thy wings to rest.

4 Foolish, and impotent, and blind,
Lead me a way I have not known;
Bring me where I my heaven may find,
The heaven of loving Thee alone.

5 Enlarge my heart to make Thee room;
Enter, and in me ever stay:
The crooked then shall straight become,
The darkness shall be lost in day.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God of my life, Whose gracious power
• Author: Charles Wesley (1740)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Cross and Comfort

Tune Information

• Name: ANGELUS
• Composer: Georg Joseph (1657)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Adapted in Cantica Spiritualia, 1847; Revised in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904