Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: God of my life look gently down
Topic: The Afflicted Saint
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 180
Page Number: 161, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGod of my life, look gently down,
Behold the pains I feel;
But I am dumb before thy throne,
Nor dare dispute thy will.
Diseases are thy servants, Lord,
They come at thy command;
I'll not attempt a murm'ring word,
Against thy chast'ning hand.
Yet I may plead with humble cries;
Remove thy sharp rebukes;
My strength consumes, my spirit dies
Through thy repeated strokes.
Crush'd as a moth, beneath thy hand,
We moulder to the dust;
Our feeble powers can ne'er withstand,
And all our beauty's lost.
I am but a stranger here below,
As all my fathers were;
May I be well prepar'd to go,
When I the summons hear.
But if my life be spar'd a while,
Before my last remove,
Thy praise shall be my bus'ness still,
And I'll declare thy love.