Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: I did Thee wrong my God
Topic: Heart
Writer: Horatius Bonar
Composer: C Von Weber
Meter: 6s double
Tune: Jewett
Hymn Number: 566
Page Number: 202, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI DID Thee wrong, my God;
I wrong'd Thy truth and love;
I fretted at the rod--
Against Thy pow'r I strove.
Come nearer, nearer still;
Let not Thy light depart;
Bend, break this stubborn will;
Dissolve this iron heart!
Less wayward let me be,
More pliable and mild;
In glad simplicity,
More like a trustful child.
Less, less of self each day,
And more, my God, of Thee;
O keep me in the way,
However rough it be!
Less of the flesh each day,
Less of the world and sin;
More of Thy Son, I pray,
More of Thyself within.
More molded to Thy will,
Lord, let Thy servant be;
Higher and higher still,
More, and still more, like Thee!