Hymn: Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
- Title: Fill Thou My Life, O Lord, My God
- First Line: Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
- Hymnal: The New Christian Hymnal
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- Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
- Publication Date: 1929
Author(s)
- Author Name: Horatius Bonar
- Born: 1808
- Died: 1889
- Gender: M
Full Text
1. Fill Thou, my life, O Lord, my God, In ev'ry part with praise, That my whole being may proclaim Thy being and Thy ways; Not for the lip of praise alone, Nor e'en the praising heart, I ask, but for a life made up Of praise in ev'ry part. 2. Praise in the common words I speak, Life's common looks and tones, In intercouse at hearth or board With my beloved ones,-- Enduring wrong, reproach, or loss With sweet and steadfast will, Loving and blessing those who hate, Returning good for ill. 3. So shall each fear, each fret, each care, Be turned into song, And ev'ry winding of the way The echo shall prolong; So shall no part of day or night From sacredness be free, But all my life, in ev'ry step, Be fellowship with Thee.