MySongbooksThe Australian Hymn Book
The Australian Hymn Book was published in 1977, and was the culmination of almost ten years' work by an ecumenical committee, chaired by A. Harold Wood, intent on producing a new, contemporary and inclusive hymn book that could be used in worship by the varied Christian congregations across Australia.
11 Book Likes 0 Song LikesFATHER, I KNOW THAT ALL MY LIFE
[1]
Father, I know that all my life
each day can prove anew
that, in your hands, I will not fear
the changes that ensue:
I simply ask a present mind
intent on pleasing you.
[2]
I ask you for a thoughtful love,
through constant watching wise,
to meet the glad with joyful looks,
to heed the troubled sighs:
a heart at leisure from itself
to care and sympathize.
[3]
Wherever in the world I am,
whatever my estate,
I have a fellowship with hearts
to keep and cultivate:
a work of simple love to do
for you on whom I wait.
[4]
I ask you for the daily strength
to none that ask denied,
a mind involved in outward life,
still keeping at your side,
content to serve in humble ways
if you are glorified.
[5]
The service I am called to do
no bondage is for me,
my heart and soul are taught the truth
that makes your children free:
a life of self-forgetting love–
a life of liberty.
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