Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: My gracious Lord I own thy right
Topic: Christian/Consecration
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: J Rink
Meter: LM
Tune: Overberg
Hymn Number: 167
Page Number: 058, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMY gracious Lord, I own thy right
To every service I can pay,
And call it my supreme delight
To hear thy dictates, and obey.
What is my being but for thee,
Is sure support, its noblest end?
'Tis my delight thy face to see,
And serve the cause of such a Friend.
I would not sigh for worldly joy,
Or to increase my worldly good;
Nor future days nor powers employ
to spread a sounding name abroad.
'Tis to my Saviour I would live,
To him who for my ransom died;
Nor could all worldly honor give
Such bliss as crowns me at his side.
His work my hoary age shall bless,
When youthful vigor is no more;
And my last hour of life confess
His dying love, his saving power.