1
Savior, select my pathway;
Choose it, dear Lord, for me.
I have no other longing,
Only Thy will I’d seek.
You have ordained my pathway,
However hard it be;
Lord, for Your heart’s good pleasure,
I’d follow willingly.Please now uphold my hand, Lord—
You know my weaknesses;
Else can I only sorrow,
Uncertain how to live.
If You’ll uphold my hand, Lord,
Whatever path You chart,
Whatever way or time, Lord,
’Tis sweetest to my heart.
2
Whether ’tis smooth or rugged,
If it is but Your choice,
It has my full consent, Lord;
None other will suffice.
I could not dare to choose, Lord,
Though You would give me rein;
Lord, do select my pathway—
Your wish is my command.
3
My time is in Your hands, Lord,
No matter fast or slow.
I don’t have any preference;
Schedule me as You will.
If You would teach me patience,
Daily or year by year,
I wouldn’t wish Your hinderance
Swiftly to disappear.
4
Here is my life’s remainder—
Do with it as You please;
Though there be joy or anguish,
I’d let You reign in me.
Every distress is precious
When I can see Your face;
Every delight is loathsome
If it’s without Your grace.
5
Lord, do select my pathway,
Though I be hale or ill,
Whether through tears or laughter,
Slander or fame Your will.
Work of whatever size, Lord—
I would let You decide;
This only would I prize, Lord:
That You be glorified.
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