Make Me Like the Palm

Verse 1

Planted in Thy house, O Lord, ‘Mid the trees of righteousness, Watered by Thy sacred Word, Beautiful with precious grace, Ransom'd child of Thine I am; Make me flourish like the palm; Ransom'd child of Thine I am; Make me flourish like the palm.

Verse 2

Let my wings of faith be spread, Bear me to the mercy-seat; Blend my spirit with its Head, Make me thus in Christ complete; So my heart, pure, firm and calm, Lives to flourish like the palm; So my heart, pure, firm and calm, Lives to flourish like the palm.

Verse 3

Let my leaves be green and fair, Clustering fruits in me abound; All my deeds Thy love declare, All my hopes in Thee be found; Life shall be a joyous psalm, Graceful, useful, like the palm; Life shall be a joyous psalm, Graceful, useful, like the palm.

Verse 4

When full age at last has come, When beyond the Jordan-tide, Garnered to my heavenly home, Let me with the glorified Sing the triumphs of the Lamb, Bear a conqueror’s fadeless palm; Sing the triumphs of the Lamb, Bear a conqueror’s fadeless palm.