My God, my Father! while I stray Far from my home in life's rough way Oh! teach me from my heart to say Thy will be done Though dark my path, and sad my lot Let me "be still," and murmur not Or breathe the prayer divinely taught Thy will be done But if my fainting heart be blessed With the Holy Spirit for its guest My God! to Thee I leave the rest Thy will be done If Thou should call me to resign What most I prize, never was mine I only yield Thee what is Thine Thy will be done Renew my will from day to day Blend it with Thine and take away All that now makes it hard to say Thy will be done Then when on earth I breathe no more The prayer oft mixed with tears before I'll sing upon that joyful shore Thy will be done