One Prayer I Have

One pray­er I have—all pray­ers in one—

When I am whol­ly Thine;

Thy will

my God

Thy will be done

And let that will be mine.

All-wise

al­migh­ty

and all-good

In Thee I firm­ly trust;

Thy ways

un­known or un­der­stood

Are mer­ci­ful and just.

Is life with ma­ny com­forts crowned

Upheld in peace and health

With dear af­fect­ions twined around?

—Lord

in my time of wealth—

May I re­mem­ber that to Thee

Whate’er I have I owe;

And back in gra­ti­tude from me

May all Thy boun­ties flow.

Thy gifts are on­ly then en­joyed

When used as tal­ents lent;

Those tal­ents on­ly well em­ployed

When in Thy serv­ice spent.

And though Thy wis­dom takes away

Shall I ar­raign Thy will?

No

let me bless Thy name

and say

The Lord is gra­cious still.

A pil­grim through the earth I roam

Of no­thing long pos­sessed

And all must fail when I go home

For this is not my rest.

Write but my name up­on the roll

Of Thy re­deemed above;

Then heart

and mind

and strength and soul

I’ll love Thee for Thy love.