The Christian — Trust and Resignation

Thy way, not mine, O Lord

No. 741
Words Horatius Bonar.
Singing key D♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to STEELE (hymn 740)

Words

Thy way, not mine, O Lord,However dark it be!Lead me by thine own hand,And choose the path for me.I dare not choose my lot;I would not if I might;Choose thou for me, my God,So shall I walk aright.

The kingdom that I seekIs thine; so let the wayThat leads to it be thine,Else I must surely stray.Take thou my cup, and itWith joy or sorrow fill,As best to thee may seem;Choose thou my good and ill.

Choose thou for me my friends,My sickness, or my health;Choose thou my cares for me,My poverty or wealth.Not mine, not mine, the choice,In either great or small;Be thou my Guide, my Strength,My Wisdom, and my All.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «741» (large), with NO reference line, in the left column of p. 240 below hymn 740 («Benjamin Schmolke.»); the first half of stanza 1 stands at the foot of the left column, its second half («I dare not choose my lot; …») and stanzas 2–3 fill the right column; «Horatius Bonar.» in italics after stanza 3. Stanzas numbered «1», «2», «3» (no period; written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. The first word «THY» is set in capitals and small capitals; written in ordinary type here. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» («be !», «lot ;», «might ;», «thine ;», «seem ;», «health ;», «small ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals («Guide», «Strength», «Wisdom», «All») are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is 6s, eight lines, like STEELE. 6s. D. of hymn 740 just above it).