Fill Thou My Life, O Lord My God

479 Fill Thou My Life, O Lord My God

1 Fill thou my life, O Lord my God,
   in every part with praise,
   that my whole being may proclaim
   thy being and thy ways.

2 Not for the lip of praise alone,
   nor e'en the praising heart
   I ask, but for a life made up
   of praise in every part:

3 Praise in the common things of life,
   its goings out and in;
   praise in each duty and each deed,
   however small and mean.

4 Fill every part of me with praise:
   let all my being speak
   of thee and of thy love, O Lord,
   poor though I be and weak.

5 So shalt thou, Lord, receive from me
   the praise and glory due;
   and so shall I begin on earth
   the song for ever new.

6 So shall no part of day or night
   unblest or common be,
   but all my life, in every step,
   be fellowship with thee.
                         Horatius Bonar
                         Hymns for the Family of God

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Not a terribly popular hymn, only occurring in about 100 hymnals. Hymnary.org inserts a verse:

6 So shall each fear, each fret, each care,
   be turned into song;
   and every winding of the way
   the echo shall prolong.

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