Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: God of my life to thee
Topic: Christ/His Nativity
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: HM
Tune: Haddam
Hymn Number: 85
Page Number: 034, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGod of my life, to thee
My cheerful soul I raise,
Thy goodness bade me be,
And still prolongs my days:
I see my natal hour return,
And bless the day that I was born.
Though but a child of earth,
I glorify thy name,
From whom alone my birth,
And all my blessing came;
Creating and preserving grace
Let all that is within me praise.
My soul and all its powers
Thine, wholly thine, shall be;
All, all my happy hours
I consecrate to thee;
What'er I have, whate'er I am,
Shall magnify my Maker's name.
Long as I live beneath,
To thee oh let me live,
To thee my ev'ry breath
In thanks and blessings give;
Me to thine image, Lord, restore,
And I shall praise thee evermore.