DRAW THOU MY SOUL, O CHRIST
"I...will draw all men to Myself." John 12:32
Words: Lucy Larcom, At the Beautiful Gate, 1892.
Music: "St. Edmund," Arthur Seymour Sullivan, in The Hymnary (London,
England: 1872).
Draw Thou my soul, O Christ, closer to Thine;
Breathe into every wish Thy will divine;
Raised my low self above, won by Thy deathless love,
Ever, O Christ, through mine let Thy life shine.
Lead forth my soul, O Christ, one with Thine own,
Joyful to follow Thee through paths unknown;
In Thee my strength renew; give me Thy work to do;
Through me Thy truth be shown, Thy love made known.
Not for myself alone may my prayer be;
Lift Thou Thy world, O Christ, closer to Thee;
Cleanse it from guilt and wrong; teach it salvation's song
Till earth, as heaven, fulfills God's holy will.