Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#435

435. Dear Lord, my best desires fulfil

1 Dear Lord, my best desires fulfil,
And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to thy will;
And make thy pleasure mine.

2 Why should I shrink at thy command
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears?

3 No--let me rather freely yield
What most I prize to thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold, from me.

4 Thy favour, all my journey through,
Thou art engag'd to grant;
What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to want.

5 Wisdom and mercy guide my way:
Shall I resist them both?
A poor blind creature of a day,
And crush'd before the moth?

6 But ah! my inward spirit cries,
Still bind me to thy sway;
Else the next cloud that veils my skies
Drives all these thoughts away.

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Lord, my best desires fulfil
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 12:7
• Topic: Christian experience: Sanctification and christian graces; Submission

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