I Am Ready

O Fa­ther of love

un­to Thee I be­long

Thy love and Thy la­bor to share;

Whate’er Thou com­mand­est

My soul shall be strong

Courageous to do and to dare.

I’m rea­dy

O Fa­ther

To be or to bear;

I’m rea­dy to go or to stay;

Wherever my du­ty

I know Thou art there

And there I will sweet­ly obey.

I see not the fu­ture

So plain un­to Thee

But safe­ly in Thee will I trust;

Thou know­est my frame

And Thou com­fort­est me

Remembering I am but dust.

No serv­ice I ren­der

Dear Father

for Thee

Shall ev­er seem hard

by Thy side;

The bur­dens too hea­vy

Thou tak­est from me

And I in Thy peace shall abide.

I shall not be lone­ly

or wea­ry

or sad

For Thou art my ten­der­est friend;

To shel­ter and guide me

And make my heart glad

And I in Thy peace shall ab­ide.