CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT

197

My God, My Father, While I Stray

Hanford 8 8 84

ARTHUR SEYMOUR SULLIVAN

3 1. My God, my Fa-ther, while I stray Far from my home in life's rough way,

6
Our Lord, and Master of us all!

Whate'er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine. Amen.

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

JOHN HAY

200

Thou Hidden Love of God

Verborg'ne Gottesliebe 8 8 8 8 8 8

Slow

JOHN STAINER

1. Thou hid-den love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows,

'Tis mercy all, that Thou hast brought

My mind to seek her peace in Thee;
Yet while I seek, but find Thee not,

No peace my wandering soul shall see;
O when shall all my wanderings end,
And all my steps to Thee-ward tend ?

3
Is there a thing beneath the sun

That strives with Thee my heart to share ?
Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone,

The Lord of every motion there!
Then shall my heart from earth be free,
When it hath found repose in Thee.

4
Each moment draw from earth away

My heart, that lowly waits Thy call;
Speak to my inmost soul, and say

“I am thy Love, thy God, thy All;"
To feel Thy power, to hear Thy voice,
To taste Thy love, be all my choice. Amen.

Tr. JOHN WESLEY