Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tower (Winkworth)

Thee will I love

my strength

my tow­er;

Thee will I love

my hope

my joy;

Thee will I love with all my pow­er

With ar­dor time will ne’er de­stroy.

Thee will I love

O light di­vine

So long as life is mine.

Thee will I love

my life

my Sav­ior

Who art my best and tru­est friend;

Thee will I love and praise for­ev­er

For nev­er shall Thy kind­ness end;

Thee will I love with all my heart

Thou my Re­deem­er art.

I thank Thee

Je­sus

sun from Heav­en

Whose ra­di­ance hath brought light to me;

I thank Thee

who hast rich­ly giv­en

All that could make me glad and free;

I thank Thee that my soul is healed

By what Thy lips re­vealed.

Oh

keep me watch­ful

then

and hum­ble

And suf­fer me no more to stray;

Uphold me when my feet would stum­ble

Nor let me loit­er by the way.

Fill all my na­ture with Thy light

O Ra­di­ance strong and bright!

Oh

teach me

Lord

to love Thee tru­ly

With soul and bo­dy

head and heart

And grant me grace that I may du­ly

Practice for­e’er love’s sac­red art.

Grant that my ev­ery thought may be

Directed e’er to Thee.

Thee will I love

my crown of glad­ness;

Thee will I love

my God and Lord

Amid the dark­est depths of sad­ness

Nor for the hope of high re­ward—

For Thine own sake

O light di­vine

So long as life is mine.