Hymns, #393

Longings - For Christ's Leading

Eng/Kor:393  Chin:295  Span:-  Rus:-  Tag:393  Fra:-  Por:-

Lyrics:Horatius Bonar
Music:(1) Austrian melody, harmony By J. T. Cooper
(2) Calvin A. Busch
Meter:6.6.6.6.

Hymn using same tune: #379

 
 1 

Thy way, not mine, O Lord,

However dark it be;

Lead me by Thine own hand,

Choose out the path for me.

 
 2 

Smooth let it be, or rough,

It will be still the best;

Winding or straight it leads

Right onward to Thy rest.

 
 3 

I dare not choose my lot;

I would not if I might:

Choose Thou for me, my God,

So shall I walk aright.

 
 4 

Take Thou my cup, and it

With joy or sorrow fill,

As best to Thee may seem;

Choose Thou my good and ill.

 
 5 

Choose Thou for me my friends,

My sickness or my health.

Choose Thou my cares for me,

My poverty or wealth.

 
 6 

Not mine, not mine the choice,

In things both great and small;

Be Thou my guide, my strength,

My wisdom and my all.

 
Hymn #393