Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: My God thy service well demands
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1009
Page Number: 598, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy God, thy service well demands
The remnant of my days:
Why was this fleeting breath renew'd,
But to renew thy praise?
Thine arms of everlasting love
Did this weak frame sustain;
When life was hov'ring o'er the grave,
And nature sunk with pain.
Thou, when the pains of death were felt,
Didst chase the fears of hell,
And teach my pale and quiv'ring lips
Thy matchless grace to tell.
Calmly I bow'd my fainting head
On thy dear, faithful breast;
Pleas'd to obey my Father's call
To his eternal rest.
Into thy hands, my Saviour God,
Did I my soul resign,
In firm dependence on that truth
Which made salvation mine.
Back from the borders of the grave,
At thy command I come,
Nor will I urge a speedier flight
To my celestial home.