Songs

I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast shown

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1	I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast shown,
	And I begin to see,
	What Thou canst be to all Thine own,
	What they may be to Thee;
	If only they will yield Thee all,
	And trustingly obey Thy call. 

2	How wonderful! I never knew
	That I might trust Thee so;
	That Thou wouldst be so much to me.
	In all the way I go,
	That every need Thou wouldst supply.
	And all my longings satisfy. 

3	I take Thee as my keeper now,
	And I commit to Thee
	My soul, my way, my works, my cause.
	In Thy sole charge to be;
	And my deposit, Thou, I know
	Wilt guard secure from every foe. 

4	I take Thee for my peace, O Lord.
	My heart to keep and fill
	Thine own great calm, amid earth's storms
	Shall keep me always still;
	And as Thy kingdom doth increase,
	So shall Thine ever-deep'ning peace. 

5	I take Thee as my wisdom too
	For wisdom's sum Thou art;
	Thou, who dost choose the foolish things.
	Set me henceforth apart,
	That I may speak and work for Thee
	As Thou shalt work and speak in me. 

5	I take Thee, Lord, to be my All.
	Since all Thou art is mine;
	I nothing have, and nothing am;
	That nothing, Lord, is Thine.
	Thou shalt be everything to me
	In all things my sufficiency.

							A.W. Marston