My Gracious Lord, I Own Thy Right (Weekly Hymn Project)

Описание: Today's hymn is "My Gracious Lord, I Own Thy Right".
I must confess, I don't understand the language at times used in hymns. It's kind of like the King James Version, where one might go, "What does that mean? Wouldn't it have been easier to say such and such?" But I feel like it broadens our knowledge for the better to have to try to understand the language instead of have things simplified. This hymn is no exception and I probably could sit on it longer as I don't understand everything the way it's put. But there's something uplifting to me to hear eloquent language used as the writers were intentional about what words they used, so it would behoove me to dig out a dictionary at times to broaden my knowledge and hopefully be encouraged further in my faith.

Lyrics:

My gracious Lord, I own Thy right
To every service I can pay,
And call it my supreme delight
To hear Thy dictates, and obey.

What is my being but for Thee,
Its sure support, its noblest end?
Thy ever-smiling face to see,
And serve the cause of such a Friend.

I would not breathe for worldly joy,
Or to increase my worldly good;
Nor future days or powers employ
To spread a sounding name abroad.

'Tis to my Savior I would live,
To Him who for my ransom died;
Nor could untainted Eden give
Such bliss as blossoms at His side.

His work my hoary age shall bless,
When youthful vigor is no more;
And my last hour of life confess
His love hath animating power.

Words by: Philip Doddridge
Music by: Henry Baker