MORNING HYMN - FILL THOU MY LIFE

I found myself singing this old hymn this morning - not often sung these days but still relevant

Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God,

In every part with praise,

That my whole being may proclaim

Thy being and Thy ways.

Not for the lip of praise alone,

Nor e-en the praising heart,

I ask but for a life made up

Of praise in every part.

Praise in the common things of life,

Its goings out and in;

Praise in each duty and each deed,

However small and mean.

Fill every part of me with praise;

Let all my being speak

Of Thee and of Thy love, O Lord,

Poor though I be and weak.

So shall Thou, Lord, from me e'en me,

Receive the glory due;

And so shall I begin on earth

The song for ever new.

So shall no part of day or night,

From sacredness be free;

But all my life, in every step.

Be fellowship with Thee

(Horatius Bonar - 1808-89)