Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: My God my Father while I stray
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: J Powell
Meter: 8 8 8 4 or 8 8 8 6
Tune: Hour of Prayer
Hymn Number: 433
Page Number: 156, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home, on life's rough way,
Oh, teach me from my heart to say,
"Thy will be done!"
What though in lonely grief I sigh
For friends beloved no longer nigh;
Submissive still would I reply,
"Thy will be done!"
If thou shouldst call me to resign
What most I prize-it ne'er was mine,
I only yield thee what was thine:
"Thy will be done!"
If but my fainting heart be blest
With thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God, to thee I leave the rest:
"Thy will be done!"