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Christian Praise #410
Display Title: !As thy day, thy strength shall be!" First Line: !As thy day, thy strength shall be!" Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Date: 1880
Christian Praise #410
1 As thy day thy strength shall be
This should be enough for thee;
He who knows thy frame will spare
Burdens more than thou canst bear.
2 When thy days are veiled in night,
Christ shall give thee heavenly light;
Are they wearisome and long?
Yet in Him thou shalt be strong.
3 Cold and wintry though they prove,
Thine the sunshine of His love;
If with fervid heat opprest,
In His shadow thou shalt rest.
4 When thy days on earth are past,
Christ shall call thee home at last,
His redeeming love to praise,
Who hath strengthened all thy days.
Source: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book: official hymn book of the Methodist Church #500
First Line: | "As thy days thy strength shall be!" This should be enough for thee |
Title: | As Thy Days Thy Strength Shall Be |
Author: | Frances Ridley Havergal (1859) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7 |
Source: | Sunday Magazine, July 1867 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | The New Year’s Bells were ringing in St. Nicholas’ Church close to our Rectory (Worcester). I was sleeping with my sister Maria; she roused me to hear them and quoted the text As thy days thy strength shall be, as a New Year’s Motto. I did not answer, but presently returned it to her in rhyme (the two first verses, I think). She was pleased, so I finished it the next day and gave it to her. The last verse, with a slight alteration, was placed by my cousins on Aunt Izard’s tombstone, 1868. The Havergal Manuscripts Julian, p. 85. |
Copyright: | Public Domain |