Fill Thou My Life

Fill Thou My Life, O Lord, my God, in every part with praise, That my whole being may proclaim Thy being and Thy ways. Not for the lip of praise alone, nor even the praising heart I ask, but for a life made up of praise in every part. Praise in the common words I speak, life's common looks and tones, In fellowship enjoyed at home with my beloved ones, enduring wrong, reproach, or loss, with sweet and steadfast will, Loving and blessing those who hate, returning good for ill. So shall each fear, each fret, each care, be turned into a song, And every winding of the way the echo shall prolong. So shall no part of day or night from sacredness be free, but all my life, in every step, be fellowship with Thee.