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Christ in Song 543

Control My Will

Words: A. P. J. Cruzer

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1Dear Lord, teach me so to trust Thee, teach me so to pray,
That trust my heart will fill, and prayer will be my stay;
My spirit unto Thee, dear Lord, I give into Thy care,
O keep my soul in readiness for Thy returning here.

RefrainControl my will, control my will,
O let Thy will be mine;
Control my will, control my will,
For I am wholly Thine.

2Ah, my Jesus, thou dost know me; thou canst read my heart,
And know the earnest longing that I may ne'er depart
From Thee, beloved One for me, who on the cross hast hung,
Give Thee subdued each thought, dear Lord, and each idle tongue.

3And keep all evil out of me, and sinner that I am,
Thou art my strength and purity, my good and loving Friend;
Thou wilt continue unto me Thy love and pardoning grace,
Until I reach the Golden City, see Thee face to face.

The verse

Meter
13.12.14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 50% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Dear Lord, teach me so to trust Thee, teach me so to pray,///˘˘˘///˘˘˘/13A
That trust my heart will fill, and prayer will be my stay;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/12A
My spirit unto Thee, dear Lord, I give into Thy care,˘/˘/˘///˘//˘//14B
O keep my soul in readiness for Thy returning here.˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/14C

Verse 2

Ah, my Jesus, thou dost know me; thou canst read my heart,/˘/˘///˘///˘/13A
And know the earnest longing that I may ne'er depart˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/13A
From Thee, beloved One for me, who on the cross hast hung,˘/˘//˘˘˘˘˘///13B
Give Thee subdued each thought, dear Lord, and each idle tongue.//˘/////˘//˘/13B

Verse 3

And keep all evil out of me, and sinner that I am,˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘14A
Thou art my strength and purity, my good and loving Friend;//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/14B
Thou wilt continue unto me Thy love and pardoning grace,//˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/15C
Until I reach the Golden City, see Thee face to face.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/14C

Refrain

Control my will, control my will,˘/˘˘˘/˘˘8A
O let Thy will be mine;˘//˘˘/6B
Control my will, control my will,˘/˘˘˘/˘˘8A
For I am wholly Thine.˘˘˘/˘/6B

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.