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Dear Lord, my best desires fulfil,
And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort, to thy will,
And make thy pleasure mine.
Why should I shrink at thy command.
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at the gracious hand.
That wipes away my tears?
No—let me rather freely yield
What most I prize to thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Nor wilt withhold, from me.
Thy favour, all my journey through,
Thou art engaged to grant:
What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to want.
Wisdom and mercy guide my way;
Shall I resist them both?
A poor blind creature of a day,
And crushed before the moth?
But ah! my inmost spirit cries,
Still bind me to thy sway;
Else the next cloud that veils my skies
Drives all these thoughts away.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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Heb 12:7;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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MUSIC
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Name:
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MARTYRDOM
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1800, c1885
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 571 | A | | # 455 | A | | # 367 | A | | # 238 | A | | # 512 | A | | # 73 | G | | # 292 | G | | # 322 | G | | # 166 | G | | # 208 | G | | # 416 | G | | # 5 | G | | # 630 | G | | # 667 | No key |
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