God of My Life

Verse 1

God of my life, through all my days I'll tune the grateful notes of praise; The song shall wake with opening light, And warble to the silent night.

Verse 2

When anxious care would break my rest, And grief would tear my throbbing breast, The notes of praise ascending high Shall check the murmur of the sigh.

Verse 3

When death o'er nature shall prevail, And all the powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean the thanks I cannot speak.

Verse 4

But, O, when that last conflict's o'er, And I am chained to earth no more, With what glad accents shall I rise To join the glad music of the skies!

Verse 5

Then shall I learn th'exalted strains That echo through the heavenly plains, And emulate with joy unknown The glowing seraph 'round Thy throne. Amen.