ELHB Hymn 332
God of my life, whose gracious power
Charles Wesley (1740)
Hymn Text
332. God of my life, whose gracious power
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1 God of my life, whose gracious power
Through various deaths my soul hath led;
Or turned aside the fatal hour,
Or lifted up my sinking head:
Through various deaths my soul hath led;
Or turned aside the fatal hour,
Or lifted up my sinking head:
2 In all my ways Thy hand I own,
Thy ruling Providence I see:
O help me still my course to run,
And still direct my path to Thee.
Thy ruling Providence I see:
O help me still my course to run,
And still direct my path to Thee.
3 Whither, O whither should I fly
But to my loving Savior's breast?
Secure within Thine arms to lie,
And safe beneath Thy wings to rest!
But to my loving Savior's breast?
Secure within Thine arms to lie,
And safe beneath Thy wings to rest!
4 I have no skill the snare to shun,
But Thou, O Christ, my Wisdom art!
I ever into ruin run:
But Thou art greater than my heart.
But Thou, O Christ, my Wisdom art!
I ever into ruin run:
But Thou art greater than my heart.
5 Foolish, and impotent, and blind,
Lead me a way I have not known;
Bring me where I my heaven may find,
The heaven of loving Thee alone.
Lead me a way I have not known;
Bring me where I my heaven may find,
The heaven of loving Thee alone.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #332