By A Collection of Hymns

      4-6s & 2-8s. A Birthday Hymn.
      1 GOD of my life, to thee
      My cheerful soul I raise!
      Thy goodness bade me be,
      And still prolongs my days;
      I see my natal hour return,
      And bless the day that I was born.

      2 A clod of living earth,
      I glorify thy name,
      From whom alone my birth,
      And all my blessings, came,
      Creating and preserving grace
      Let all that is within me praise.

      3 Long as I live beneath,
      To thee O let me live!
      To thee my every breath
      In thanks and praises give.
      Whate'er I have, whate'er I am,
      Shall magnify my Maker's name.

      4 My soul and all its powers
      Thine, wholly thine, shall be;
      All, all my happy hours
      I consecrate to thee;
      Me to thine image now restore,
      And I shall praise thee evermore.

      5 I wait thy will to do,
      As angels do in heaven;
      In Christ a creature new,
      Most graciously forgiven,
      I wait thy perfect will to prove,
      All sanctified by spotless love.

      6 Then, when the work is done,
      The work of faith with power,
      Receive thy favoured son,
      In death's triumphant hour;
      Like Moses to thyself convey,
      And kiss my raptured soul away.