Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10115 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Incipit: 13455 67151 54321 Lyrics: 1 God of my life, Thy constant care,
With blessings crowns each opening year;
This guilty life Thou dost prolong,
And wake anew mine annual song.
2 How many precious souls are fled
To the vast regions of the dead,
Since from this day the changing sun
Through his last yearly period run.
3 We yet survive; but who can say,
Or through the year, or month or day,
I will retain this vital breath;
Thus far at least in league with death.
4 That breath is Thine, eternal God,
’This Thine to fix my soul’s abode;
It holds its life from Thee alone,
On earth, or in the world unknown.
5 To Thee our spirits we resign,
Make them and own them still as Thine;
So shall they smile, secure from fear,
Though death should blast the rising year.
6 Thy children eager to be gone,
Bid time’s impetuous tide roll on,
And land them on that blooming shore,
Where years and death are known no more. Languages: English Tune Title: TRURO
God Of My Life, Thy Constant Care