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The Methodist Hymn-Book Illustrated
John Telford, 1909

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740, Works, i. 322. Fifteen verses. ‘At the approach of temptation.’

Joseph Taylor, Missionary Secretary 1818-20, and President of the Conference in 1834, was sent out as a missionary to the West Indies in 1803 by Dr. Coke, and would often in later life quote verses 3 and 4, ‘Oft hath the sea confessed Thy power,’ as he referred to the dangers and afflictions of those eventful years.

Zachary Macaulay (see 481) says this hymn ‘scarce ever recurs to my mind without causing it to swell with grateful recollection.’
#HymnalTitleAuthorTuneComposerVerses
405Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, 1918God of My Life, Whose Gracious PowerRev. Charles Wesley, 1740AngelusGeorg Joseph, 1657, Adapted in Cantica Spiritualia, 1847, Revised in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 19045
047Hymn and Tune Book, 1889God of My Life, Whose Gracious PowerRev. Charles Wesley (1707-1788)MedwayGiovanni B. Pergolesi (1710-1736)5
093The Methodist Hymn-Book, 1904God of My Life, Whose Gracious PowerRev. Charles Wesley (1707-1788) from Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740ArmaghCharles H. Lloyd, 18977
028The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, 1889God of My Life, Whose Gracious PowerRev. Charles Wesley (1707-1788)HesperusHenry Baker (1835-1910)8
289Wesley’s Hymns and New Supplement, 1877God of My Life, Whose Gracious PowerRev. Charles Wesley (1707-1788)NewmarketRichard Wainwright (1758-1825)8

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1God of my life, Whose gracious power
Through varied deaths my soul hath led;
Or turned aside the fatal hour,
Or lifted up my sinking head;
2In all my ways Thy hand I own,
Thy ruling providence I see;
O help me still my course to run,
And still direct my paths to Thee.
3Whither, O whither should I fly,
But to my loving Savior’s breast?
Secure within Thine arms to lie,
And safe beneath Thy wings to rest.
4Foolish, and impotent, and blind,
Lead me a way I have not known;
Bring me where I my heaven may find,
The heaven of loving Thee alone.
5Enlarge my heart to make Thee room;
Enter, and in me ever stay:
The crooked then shall straight become,
The darkness shall be lost in day. Amen.
1God of my life, Whose gracious power
Through varied deaths my soul hath led,
Or turned aside the fatal hour,
Or lifted up my sinking head;
2In all my ways Thy hand I own,
Thy ruling providence I see:
Assist me still my course to run,
And still direct my paths to Thee.
3Whither, O whither should I fly,
But to my loving Savior’s breast?
Secure within Thine arms to lie,
And safe beneath Thy wings to rest.
4I have no skill the snare to shun,
But Thou, O Christ, my wisdom art!
I ever into ruin run,
But Thou art greater than my heart.
5Foolish, and impotent, and blind,
Lead me a way I have not known:
Bring me where I my heaven may find,
The heaven of loving Thee alone.
BookReferenceBible Text
2 Corinthians12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Ephesians3:7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.