701. My God, My Father, While I Stray

1 My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home, on life’s rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
“Thy will be done!”

2 Tho' dark my path, and sad my lot,
Let me be still and murmur not,
Or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
“Thy will be done!”

3 Let but my fainting heart be blest
With Thy sweet Spirit for its Guest,
My God, to Thee I leave the rest;
“Thy will be done!”

4 Renew my will from day to day;
Blend it with Thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
“Thy will be done!”

AMEN.

Text Information
First Line: My God my Father, while I stray
Title: My God, My Father, While I Stray
Author: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871
Meter: 8 8 8 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Prayer Responses
Tune Information
Name: HANFORD
Composer: Arthur S Sullivan, 1842-1900
Meter: 8 8 8 4
Key: D Major



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