4629. Now I Resolve with All My Heart

1. Now I resolve with all my heart,
With all my powers, to serve the Lord:
Nor from His precepts e’er depart,
Whose service is a rich reward.

2. O be His service all my joy;
Around let my example shine
Till others love the best employ
And join in labors so divine.

3. Be this the purpose of my soul,
My solemn, my determined choice,
To yield to His supreme control,
And in His kind commands rejoice.

4. O may I never faint nor tire,
Nor wandering leave His sacred ways;
Great God, accept my soul’s desire,
And give me strength to live Thy praise.

Text Information
First Line: Now I resolve with all my heart
Title: Now I Resolve with All My Heart
Author: Anne Steele (1760)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, volume 1, page 161
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: The words come from the longer poem "Ah, Wretched Souls Who Strive in Vain." Alternate tunes: APPLETON, William Boyce, 1710-1779; DUKE STREET, attributed to John Hatton, 1793
Tune Information
Name: ROCKINGHAM (Mason)
Composer: Lowell Mason (1832)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 17123 53232 16512
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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