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Hymn: O Lord thy heavenly grace impart (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: O Lord thy heavenly grace impart

Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy

Writer: J Oberlin

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 765

Page Number: 447, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart,

And fix my frail, inconstant heart,

Henceforth my chief delight shall be

To dedicate myself to thee,

To thee, my God, to thee.



Whate'er pursuits my time employ,

One thought shall fill my soul with joy;

That silent, secret thought shall be,

That all my hopes are fixed on thee,

On thee, my God, on thee.



Thy glorious eye pervadeth space;

Thy presence, Lord, fills every place;

And, whereso'er my lot may be,

Still shall my spirit cleave to thee,

To thee, my God, to thee.



Renouncing every worldly thing,

And safe beneath thy sheltering wing,

My sweetest thought henceforth shall be,

That all I want I find in thee,

In thee, my God, in thee.