Text Based On Leviticus Chapter 11 (KJV)
For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

(Public Domain)
Words: Henry Francis Lyte: 1793-1847
Music: John Wainwright: 1723-1768
Yorkshire (10.10.10.10.10.10)
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LONG DID I TOIL

1.  Long did I toil, and knew no earthly rest, - Far did I rove, and found no certain home; - At last I sought them in His sheltering breast, - Who opes His arms, and bids the weary come: - With Him I found a home, a rest divine, - And since then I am His, and He is mine.

2.  The good I have is from His stores supplied, - The ill is only what He deems the best; - He for my Friend, I’m rich with naught beside, - And poor without Him, though of all possessed: - Changes may come, I take, or I resign, - Content, while I am His, while He is mine.

3.  Whate’er may change, in Him no change is seen, - A glorious Sun that wanes not nor declines; - Above the clouds and storms He walks serene, - And on His people’s inward darkness shines: - All may depart—I fret not, nor repine, - While I my Saviour’s am, while He is mine.

4.  While here, alas! I know but half His love, - But half discern Him, and but half adore; - But when I meet Him in the realms above, - I hope to love Him better, praise Him more, - And feel, and tell, amid the choir divine, - How fully I am His, and He is mine.