Christ My Song - 2224
Thy way, not mine, O Lord - Thy Way, not Mine
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Thy Way, not Mine.
1. Thy way, not mine, O Lord,
however dark it be!
Lead me by thine own hand,
choose out the path for me. PDF - Midi
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. The kingdom that i seek
is thine; so let the way
that leads to it be thine,
else I must surely stray.
5. Take thou my cup, and it
with joy or sorrow fill,
as best to thee may seem;
choose thou my good and ill.
6. Choose thou for me my friends,
my sickness or my health;
choose thou my cares for me,
my poverty or wealth.
7. Not mine, not mine the choice,
in things or great or small;
be thou my guide, my strength,
my wisdom and my all.
Horatius Bonar, Hymns of Faith and Hope I, 1878, 173-174.