Fill Thou My Life

Words: Horatius Bonar · Music: The English Hymnal, 1906, Samuel Webbe Jr., Thomas Haweis · 1866

Verse 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.

Verse 2
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.

Verse 3
Praise in the common words I speak,
life's common looks and tones,
in fellowship enjoyed at home
with my beloved ones.

Verse 4
So shall each fear, each fret, each care
be turned into a song,
and ev'ry winding of the way
the echo shall prolong.

Verse 5
So shall no part of day or night
from sacredness be free,
but all my life, in ev'ry step,
be fellowship with thee.

Verse 6
Enduring wrong, reproach, or loss
with sweet and steadfast will,
forgiving freely those who hate,
returning good for ill.

Words: Horatius Bonar, 1866 | Music: Thomas Haweis, 1791; rev. Samuel Webbe Jr., 1808; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

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