Thy Will Be Done

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Thy way, O God is best

Author: Samuel F. Smith
Tune: [Thy way, O God is best]
Published in 7 hymnals

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1 Thy way, O God, is best,
Thy way,—not mine;
Patient beneath Thy rod,
Quick to obey Thy nod,
Because Thou art my God,—
Thy will,—not mine;
Because Thou art my God,—
Thy will,—not mine.

2 I know Thy wise design,—
Thy will is mine;
From earthly dross refine,
Shape to the Mould divine;
My soul shall not repine,—
Thy will,—not mine;
My soul shall note repine,—
Thy will,—not mine.

3 Clay in the potter’s hand,—
Thy will is mine;
‘Tis Thine the vase to make,
Or Thine, dear Lord, to break;
Thine, or to give or take,—
Thy will,—not mine;
Thine, or to give or take,—
Thy will,—not mine.

4 Sorrow or joy be sent,—
Thy will is mine;
In all Thy way I see,—
Whate’er my lot will be,
I trust my all to Thee,—
Thy will,—not mine;
I trust my all to Thee,—
Thy will,—not mine.

Source: Progressive Sunday School Songs #145

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Author: Samuel F. Smith

Smith, Samuel Francis, D.D., was born in Boston, U.S.A., Oct. 21, 1808, and graduated in arts at Harvard, and in theology at Andover. He entered the Baptist ministry in 1832, and became the same year editor of the Baptist Missionary Magazine. He also contributed to the Encyclopaedia Americana. From 1834 to 1842 he was pastor at Waterville, Maine, and Professor of Modern Languages in Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1854, when he became the editor of the publications of the Baptist Missionary Union. With Baron Stow he prepared the Baptist collection known as The Psalmist, published in 1843, to which he contributed several hymns. The Psalmist is the most creditable and influential of… Go to person page >

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