Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: How sweet to be allowed to pray
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: CM
Tune: Naomi
Hymn Number: 417
Page Number: 151, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow sweet to be allowed to pray
To God, the Holy One;
With filial love and trust to say,
"O God, thy will be done."
We in these sacred words can find
A cure for every ill;
They calm and soothe the troubled mind,
And bid all care be still.
Oh let that will which gave me breath,
And an immortal soul,
In joy or grief, in life or death,
My every wish control.
Oh, could my heart thus ever pray,
Thus imitate thy Son!
Teach me, O God, with truth to say,
Thy will, not mine, be done.