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Hymn: In thee O Lord I put my trust (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: In thee O Lord I put my trust

Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 845

Page Number: 498, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,

Thou art my portion and my song;

Thy ways, with me, are always just,

But mine, with thee, are often wrong.



I can not do the things I would,

For sin is in my flesh concealed;

So evil takes the place of good,

And all my weakness stands revealed.



But thou, O Lord, can'st make me clean,

And give me strength to do the right;

While on thy promises I lean,

All darkness changes into light.



O give me grace the wrong to shun,

The right to follow all my days,

And when life's victory is won,

Then will I give thee all the praise.