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Text:A Birth-Day Hymn
Author:Fawcett

DXII. A Birth-Day Hymn

1 I my Ebenezer raise
To my kind Redeemer's praise;
With a grateful heart I own,
Hitherto thy help I've known.

2 What may be my future lot,
Well I know concerns me not;
This should set my heart at rest,
What thy will ordains is best.

3 I my all to thee resign;
Father, let thy will be mine;
May but all thy dealings prove
Fruits of thy paternal love.

4 Guard me, Savior, by thy power,
Guard me in the trying hour:
Let thy unremitted care
Save me from the lurking snare.

5 Let my few remaining days
Be directed to thy praise;
So the last, the closing scene
Shall be tranquil and serene.

6 To thy will I leave the rest,
Grant me but this one request,
Both in life and death to prove
Tokens of thy special love.

Text Information
First Line: I my Ebenezer raise
Title: A Birth-Day Hymn
Author: Fawcett
Meter: Sevens
Language: English
Publication Date: 1792
Topic: Times and Seasons: Birthday; Birth-day hymn; Ebenezer
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