Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Fountain of light and living breath
Topic: Christ/His Mediatorial Reign
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Yoakley
Hymn Number: 184
Page Number: 069, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFoutain of light, and living breath,
Whose mercies never fail nor fade,
Fill me with life that hath no death,
Fill me with light that hath no shade;
Appoint the remnant of my days
To see thy power, and sing thy praise.
O Lord, our God, before whose throne
Stand storms and fire, oh what shall we
Return to heaven, that is our own,
When all the world belongs to thee?
We have no offering to impart,
But praises, and a broken heart.
Oh thou who sittest in heaven, and seest
My deeds without, my thoughts within,
Be thou my prince, be thou my priest--
Command my soul, and cure my sin:
How bitter my afflictions be,
I care not, so I rise to thee.
What I possess, or what I crave,
Brings no content, great God, to me,
If what I would, or what I have,
Be not possessed and blest in thee:
What I enjoy, oh, make it mine,
In making me--that have it--thine.