I will sing my maker’s praises
And in Him most joyful be
For in all things I see traces
Of His tender love to me.
Nothing else than love could move Him
With such sweet and tender care
Evermore to raise and bear all
Who try to serve and love Him.
All things else have but their day
God’s great love abides for aye.
Yea
so dear did He esteem me
That His Son He loved so well
He hath given to redeem me
From the quenchless flames of hell.
O Thou spring of boundless blessing
How could e’er my feeble mind
Of Thy depth the bottom find
Though my efforts were unceasing?
All that for my soul is needful
He with loving care provides
Nor of that is He unheedful
Which my body needs besides.
When my strength cannot avail me
When my powers can do no more
Doth my God His strength outpour;
In my need He doth not fail me.
When I sleep
He still is near me
O’er me rests His guardian eye;
And new gifts and blessings cheer me
When the morning streaks the sky.
Were it not for God’s protection
Had His countenance not been
Here my guide
I had not seen e’er
The end of my affliction.
As a father never turneth
Wholly from a wayward child
For the prodigal still yearneth
Longing to be reconciled
So my many sins and errors
Find a tender
pardoning God
Chastening frailty with His rod
Not
in vengeance
with His terrors.
Since
then
neither change nor coldness
In my Father’s love can be
Lo! I lift my hands with boldness
As Thy child I come to Thee.
Grant me grace
O God
I pray Thee
That I may with all my might
All my lifetime
day and night
Love and trust Thee and obey Thee
And
when this brief life is o’er
Praise and love Thee evermore.
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