Perfect Trust in Thee
Authors: Fanny Crosby • Composers: Alvin S. Clark • Meter: 8.6.8.6. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1899
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1. I ask, O Lord, that thou will lead
(I ask, O Lord, that thou wilt lead,)
My erring steps aright,
(my erring steps, my erring steps aright,)
I ask for grace that I may walk
(I ask for grace, that I may walk,)
By faith, and not by sight.
(By faith, and not by sight, By faith, and not by sight.)
Chorus:
O let the language of my heart,
In each petition be,
“Take what thou wilt, but grant me this,
(“Take what thou wilt, but grant me this,)
A perfect trust in thee.”
2. I do not ask a cloudless sky,
Not yet a path of rest,
But strength to climb the rugged steep,
Thy weary feet have pressed.
3. I would not seek in idle mirth,
To still one throb of care,
For what are all the joys of earth,
Without thy presence there?
4. O clothe me in thy righteousness,
Hold thou my hand in thine,
And teach my heart in faith to say,
Thy will, O Lord, be mine.