197 My God, My Father, While I Stray Hanford 8884 ARTHUR SEYMOUR SULLIVAN 1. My God, my Fa-ther, while I stray Far from my home in life's rough way, For ever shared, for ever whole, A never ebb-ing sea! Amen. 2 Our outward lips confess the name All other names above; Love only knoweth whence it came, 3 We may not climb the heavenly steeps In vain we search the lowest deeps, 4 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet And faith has still its Olivet, And love its Galilee. 5 The healing of His seamless dress Is by our beds of pain; We touch Him in life's throng and press, 6 Our Lord, and Master of us all! Whate'er our name or sign, We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call, JOHN GREENleaf WhittIER 1. Thou hid-den love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathomed no man knows, Dib 4 2664 I see from far Thy beauteous light, In - ly I sigh for Thy re-pose; My heart is pained, nor can it be At rest, till it finds rest in Thee. A-men. 2 'Tis mercy all, that Thou hast brought No peace my wandering soul shall see; 3 Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share? The Lord of every motion there! Then shall my heart from earth be free, 4 Each moment draw from earth away "I am thy Love, thy God, thy All;" Tr. JOHN WESLEY |