Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Saviour though my rebellious will
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: Charlse Elliott
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 998
Page Number: 592, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSaviour! though my rebellious will
Has been, by thy blest power, renewed;
Yet in its secret workings still
How much remains to be subdued!
Oft I recall with grief and shame,
How many years their course had run
Ere grace my murmuring heart o'ercame,
Ere I could say, "Thy will be done!"
At length thy patient, wondrous love,
Unchanging, tender, pitying, strong,
Availed that stony heart to move,
Which had rebelled, alas! so long.
Then was I taught by thee to say,
"Do with me what to thee seems best;
Give take, whate'er thou wilt away,
Health, comfort, usefulness, or rest.
"Be my whole life in suffering spent,
But let me be in suffering thine;
Still, O my Lord, I am content,
Thou now hast made thy pleasure mine."