1530. Fill Thou My Life

1. Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God,
In every part with praise,
That my whole being may proclaim
Thy being and Thy ways.
Not for the lip of praise alone,
Nor e’en the praising heart
I ask, but for a life made up
Of praise in every part!

2. Praise in the common words I speak,
Life’s common looks and tones,
In fellowship in hearth and board
With my belovèd ones;
Not in the temple crowd alone
Where holy voices chime,
But in the silent paths of earth,
The quiet rooms of time.

3. Fill every part of me with praise;
Let all my being speak
Of Thee and of Thy love, O Lord,
Poor though I be, and weak.
So shalt Thou, Lord, from me, e’en me,
Receive the glory due;
And so shall I begin on earth
The song forever new.

4. So shall each fear, each fret, each care
Be turned into a song,
And every winding of the way
The echo shall prolong;
So shall no part of day or night
From sacredness be free;
But all my life, in every step
Be fellowship with Thee.

Text Information
First Line: Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God
Title: Fill Thou My Life
Author: Horatius Bonar (1866)
Meter: 76.76 D
Language: English
Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope, third series, 1866
Notes: Alternate tunes: ANGMERING, Charles H. H. Parry, in Brooke's Alternative Hymn Tunes, 1902; RICHMOND (HAWEIS), Thomas Haweis, 1792
Tune Information
Name: ELLACOMBE
Composer: Anonymous (1784)
Harmonizer: William H. Monk
Meter: 76.76 D
Incipit: 51765 13455 67122
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle (Württemberg, Germany: 1784); Adapted in the 1868 appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern, number 366
Copyright: Public Domain



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