God of My Life, to Thee
God of my life, to thee
My cheerful soul I raise!
God of my life, to thee
My cheerful soul I raise!
Thy goodness bade me be,
And still prolongs my days;
I see my natal hour return,
And bless the day that I was born.
A clod of living earth,
I glorify thy name,
From whom alone my birth,
And all my blessings, came,
Creating and preserving grace
Let all that is within me praise.
Long as I live beneath,
To thee O let me live!
To thee my every breath
In thanks and praises give.
Whate’er I have, whate’er I am,
Shall magnify my Maker’s name.
My soul and all its powers
Thine, wholly thine, shall be;
All, all my happy hours
I consecrate to thee;
Me to thine image now restore,
And I shall praise thee evermore.
I wait thy will to do,
As angels do in heaven;
In Christ a creature new,
Most graciously forgiven,
I wait thy perfect will to prove,
All sanctified by spotless love.
Then, when the work is done,
The work of faith with power,
Receive thy favoured son,
In death’s triumphant hour;
Like Moses to thyself convey,
And kiss my raptured soul away.
A Birthday Hymn