Songs

Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God

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					C.M.

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, from me, e’en me, 
 	Receive the glory due; 
 	And so shall I begin on earth 
 	The song for ever new.

6	So shall no part of day or night 
	From sacredness be free; 
	But all my life, in every step, 
	Be fellowship with Thee.

						G.	Bonar