Is This Thy Will?

Is this Thy will

and must I be

A liv­ing wit­ness

Lord

for Thee?

Must I Thy won­drous love re­cord

And spread Thy prais­es far abroad?

Must I to all Thy saints un­fold

The things which Thou to me hast told?

And shall the eyes of sin­ners see

What Thou hast done for worth­less me?

Wilt Thou no longer me ex­cuse

And wilt Thou frown if I re­fuse?

O let me have Thy pre­sence still

And I’ll sub­mit to all Thy will!

Make Thou my path of du­ty plain

And let Thine arm my soul sus­tain;

Give me new strength

new cour­age here

And fill my soul with ho­ly fear.

To Thee I de­di­cate the whole

Thine is my heart

and Thine my soul;

Bless what my fee­ble hand hath wrought

And take the praise of ev­ery thought.

Wilt Thou

dear Lord

Thine hand­maid own?

Her of­fer­ing with ac­cept­ance crown?

Thy glo­ry is her hum­ble aim:

Eternal glo­ry to Thy name!

Alternate last stan­za:

Wilt Thou

dear Lord

Thine serv­ant own?

My of­fer­ing with ac­cept­ance crown?

Thy glo­ry is my hum­ble aim:

Eternal glo­ry to Thy name!