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Christ in Song 306

God of My Life

Words: P. DoddridgeMusic: J. LangranTune: ContemplationC. M.

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1God of my life, whose gracious power Through varied deaths my soul has led, Or turned aside death's threatening hour, Or lifted up my sinking head;

2In all my ways thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see; Assist me still my course to run, And still direct my paths to thee.

3Thy love for me, the love I owe Returns with interest to thy throne; Ten thousand precious gifts bestow, Here love divine and love are one.

4Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue; And after death in distant worlds, The pleasing theme renew.

Also sung to
Uxbridge (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #58)
Meter
C. M.
Scripture
Psalm 23:6

The verse

Meter
35 · the hymnal prints C. M.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 56% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

God of my life, whose gracious power Through varied deaths my soul has led, Or turned aside death's threatening hour, Or lifted up my sinking head;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/35A

Verse 2

In all my ways thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see; Assist me still my course to run, And still direct my paths to thee.˘/˘///˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 3

Thy love for me, the love I owe Returns with interest to thy throne; Ten thousand precious gifts bestow, Here love divine and love are one.//˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘////˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 4

Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue; And after death in distant worlds, The pleasing theme renew.//˘˘/˘˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/30A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.