LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1749
| | Bible Refs: | Ac 2:25
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 324
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 604
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 480
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 629
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 6
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 567
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 531
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 467
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 430
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 159
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 506
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 16
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 6
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 239
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 336
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 8
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 381
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 306
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 488
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 188
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 143
| Living Praise
|
| 55
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 590
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 235
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 4
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 623
| Songs of Fellowship 3
| 2003
| 1237
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 18
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 29
| STELBAP
|
| 811
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 8
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 7
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 17
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 259
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 306
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 7
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 150
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 571
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 438
|
MUSIC
 WTK
| 11
| A
| Songs of Praise
| 27
| D
| Living Praise
| 55
| F
| Songs of Fellowship 3
| 1237
| F
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 360
| F
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 629
| F
| Hymns of Faith
| 488
| F
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 381
| F
| Believers Hymn Book
| 340
| F
| Believers Hymn Book
| 462
| F
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 8
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 384
| G
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 388
| G
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 478
| G
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Alternate Tunes
| DUKE STREET | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | John Hatton | | WARRINGTON | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Ralph Harrison | | MOZART | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Johann C. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Unknown | | ANTWERP | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | William Smallwood | | AMES | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm | | HURSLEY | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | P. Ritter & Katholisches Gesangbuch | | ANGELS (SONG 34) | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Orlando Gibbons | | FERIAL | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Sarum melody | | PIXHAM | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Horatio William Parker |
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| 1. Forth in Thy name, O Lord, I go,
My daily labour to pursue,
Thee, only Thee, resolved to know
In all I think, or speak, or do.
2. The task Thy wisdom
hath assigned
O let me cheerfully fulfil,
In all my works Thy presence find,
And prove Thy good and perfect will.
3. Preserve me from
my calling's snare,
And hide my simple heart above,
Above the thorns of choking care,
The gilded baits of worldly love.
4. Thee may I set at my right hand,
Whose eyes my inmost
substance see,
And labour on at Thy command,
And offer all my works to Thee.
5. Give me to bear Thy easy yoke,
And every moment watch and pray,
And still to things eternal look,
And hasten to Thy glorious day:
6. For Thee delightfully employ
Whate'er Thy bounteous
grace hath given,
And run my course with every joy,
And closely walk
with Thee to heaven.
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