Christ My Song - 2415
Compared with Christ, in all beside - Christ all in all
(Augustus M. Toplady/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Christ all in all.
1. Compared with Christ, in all beside
no comeliness I see;
the one thing needful, dearest Lord,
is to be one with thee.
The sense of thy expiring love
into my soul convey;
thyself bestow; for thee alone
I absolutely pray. PDF - Midi
2. Whatever else thy will withholds,
here grant me to succeed:
O let thyself my portion be,
and I am blessed indeed!
Less than thyself will not suffice
my comfort to restore:
more than thyself I cannot have;
and thou canst give no more.
3. Loved of my God, for him again
with love intense I burn;
chosen of thee ere time began,
I choose thee in return.
Whate'er consists not with thy love,
oh teach me to resign;
I'm rich to all the intents of bliss,
if thou, O God! Art mine.
Augustus M. Toplady, in: Philip Schaff: Christ in Song, 1870, 492.