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Text:Thine Approbation
Author:Fitch
Tune:UXBRIDGE
Composer:L. Mason

799. Thine Approbation

1. One precious boon, O Lord, I seek,
While tossed upon life's billowy sea;
To hear a voice within me speak,
"Thy Saviour is well pleased with thee."

2. Earth's scoffs and scorn well pleased I'll bear,
Nor mourn tho' under foot I'm trod,
If day by day I may but share
Thine approbation, O my God!

3. Let me but know, where'er I roam,
That I am doing Jesus' will;
And tho' I've neither friends nor home,
My heart shall glow with gladness still.

Text Information
First Line: One precious boon, O Lord, I seek
Title: Thine Approbation
Author: Fitch
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Living His Life: Holy Life
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: UXBRIDGE
Composer: L. Mason
Meter: L. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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