What Shall I Render
to My God?
Isn't that a great
question? We have been so greatly blessed that a question like this only makes sense. And
the writer conveys that sense of being blessed quite well. So, the question is
apt. How shall we answer it?
What I find so very
interesting is that our writer answers it by talking about going to church to
worship with the saints. How many would answer it that way these days?
What shall I render
to my God
For all His kindness
shown?
My feet shall visit
Thine abode,
My songs address Thy
throne.
Among the saints
that fill Thine house
My off’rings shall
be paid;
There shall my zeal
perform the vows
My soul in anguish
made.
How much is mercy
Thy delight,
Thou ever blessèd
God!
How dear Thy
servants in Thy sight!
How precious is
their blood!
How happy all Thy
servants are!
How great Thy grace
to me!
My life, which thou
hast made Thy care,
Lord, I devote to
Thee.
Now I am Thine,
forever Thine,
Nor shall my purpose
move
Thy hand hath loosed
my bonds of pain,
And bound me with
Thy love.
Here in Thy courts I
leave my vow,
And Thy rich grace
record;
Witness, ye saints,
who hear me now,
If I forsake the
Lord.
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