Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: I did thee wrong my God
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Bradbury
Meter: 6s double
Tune: Lanman
Hymn Number: 668
Page Number: 243, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI did thee wrong, my God;
I wronged thy truth and love;
I fretted at the rod--
Against thy power I strove.
Come nearer, nearer still;
Let not thy light depart;
Bend, break this stubborn will;
Dissolve this iron heart!
Less wayward let me be,
More pliable and mild;
In glad simplicity,
More like a trustful child.
Less, less of self each day,
And more, my God, of thee;
Oh keep me in the way,
However rough it be!
Less of the flesh each day,
Less of the world and sin;
More of thy Son, I pray,
More of thyself within.
More molded to thy will,
Lord, let thy servant be;
Higher and higher still,
More, and still more, like thee!