Fill Thou my Life, O Lord my God Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)

ST. FLAVIAN (C.M.) Day's Psalter 1562 Alternate tunes: 1 | 2

Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God,
   In ev-ery part with praise,
That my whole be-ing may pro-claim
   Thy be-ing and Thy ways.

Not for the lip of praise a-lone,
   Nor e'en the prais-ing heart,
I ask, but for a life made up
   Of praise in ev-ery part.

Praise in the com-mon things of life,
   Its go-ings out and in,
Praise in each du-ty and each deed,
   How-ev-er small and mean.

Fill ev-ery part of me with praise;
   Let all my be-ing speak
Of Thee and of Thy love, O Lord,
   Poor though I be, and weak.

So shalt Thou, Lord, from me, e'en me,
   Re-ceive the glo-ry due,
And so shall I be-gin on earth
   The song for-ev-er new.

So shall no part of day or night
   From sa-cred-ness be free;
But all my life, in ev-ery step,
   Be fel-low-ship with Thee.