Christ, of All My Hopes

Verse 1

Christ, of all my hopes the ground, Christ, the spring of all my joy, still in you may I be found, still for you my pow'rs employ, still for you my pow'rs employ.

Verse 2

Let your love my heart inflame; keep your fear before my sight; be your praise my highest aim; be your smile my chief delight, be your smile my chief delight.

Verse 3

Fountain of o'erflowing grace, freely from your fullness give; 'til I close my earthly race, may I prove it "Christ to live," may I prove it "Christ to live."

Verse 4

Firmly trusting in your blood, nothing shall my heart confound; safely I shall pass the flood, safely reach Immanuel's ground, safely reach Immanuel's ground.

Verse 5

Thus, O thus, an entrance give to the land of cloudless sky; having known it "Christ to live," let me know it "gain to die," let me know it "gain to die."