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Handwritten last stanza of: My God and Father, while I stray - Thy Will be Done

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My God and Father, while I stray - Thy Will be Done
(Charlotte Elliott/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Thy Will be Done.

1. My God and Father, while I stray
  far from my home in life's rough way,
    oh, teach me from my heart to say,
            "Thy will be done!" PDF - Midi

2. Though dark my path and sad my lot,
  let me "be still" and murmur not;
    or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
            "Thy will be done!"

3. What though in lonely grief I sigh
  for friends beloved, no longer nigh,
    submissive still would I reply,
            "Thy will be done!"

4. Though thou hast called me to resign
  what most I prized, it ne'er was mine:
    I have but yielded what was thine: –
            "Thy will be done!"

5. Should grief or sickness waste away
  my life in premature decay;
    my Father! still I strive to say,
            "Thy will be done!"

6. Let but my fainting heart be blessed
  with thy sweet Spirit for its guest;
    my God! to thee I leave the rest:
            "Thy will be done!"

7. Renew my will from day to day!
  Blend it with thine; and take away
    all that now makes it hard to say,
            "Thy will be done!"

8. Then when on earth I breathe no more
  the prayer oft mixed with tears before
    I'll sing upon a happier shore:
            "Thy will be done!"

Charlotte Elliott, Selections from the Poems of Charlotte Elliott, 195-196.
Last stanza not printed there, but, on the left margin of page 196, in handwriting, see picture above.

            PDF - Midi