4218. My God! How Perfect Are Thy Ways!

1. My God! how perfect are Thy ways!
But mine polluted are;
Sin twines itself about my praise,
And slides into my prayer.

2. When I would speak what Thou hast done
To save me from my sin;
I cannot make Thy mercies known
But self-applause creeps in.

3. Divine desire, that holy flame
Thy grace creates in me;
Alas! impatience is its name,
When it returns to Thee.

4. This heart, a fountain of vile thoughts,
How does it overflow?
While self upon the surface floats
Still bubbling from below.

5. Let others in the gaudy dress
Of fancied merit shine;
The Lord shall be my righteousness
The Lord for ever mine.

Text Information
First Line: My God! how perfect are Thy ways
Title: My God! How Perfect Are Thy Ways!
Author: William Cowper (1779)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 67
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. AGNES
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 33323 47155 53224
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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