1
I take Thy promise, Lord, in all its length,
And breadth and fullness, as my daily strength;
Into life’s future fearless I may gaze,
For, Savior, Thou art with me all the days.
DI
take Thy promise,
Dmaj7
Lord,
in all its length,
GAnd
breadth and fullness,
A
as
my
A-A7
daily
strength;
DInto
life's future
Dmaj7
fearless
I may gaze,
GFor,
Savior, Thou art
A
with
me
A-A7
all
the
D-G-D
days.
2
Days may be coming fraught with loss and change,
New scenes surround my life and fancies strange;
I thank Thee that no day can ever break,
Savior, when Thou wilt leave me or forsake.
Days may be coming fraught with loss and change,
New scenes surround my life and fancies strange;
I thank Thee that no day can ever break,
Savior, when Thou wilt leave me or forsake.
DDays
may be coming
Dmaj7
fraught
with loss and change,
GNew
scenes surround my
A
life
and
A-A7
fancies
strange;
DI
thank Thee that no
Dmaj7
day
can ever break,
GSavior,
when Thou wilt
A
leave
me
A-A7
or
D-G-D
forsake.
3
There may be days of darkness and distress,
When sin has power to tempt, and care to press,
Yet in the darkest day I will not fear,
For, ’mid the shadows, Thou wilt still be near.
There may be days of darkness and distress,
When sin has power to tempt, and care to press,
Yet in the darkest day I will not fear,
For, 'mid the shadows, Thou wilt still be near.
DThere
may be days of
Dmaj7
darkness
and distress,
GWhen
sin has power
A
to
tempt,
A-A7
and
care to press,
DYet
in the darkest
Dmaj7
day
I will not fear,
GFor,
'mid the shadows,
A
Thou
wilt
A-A7
still
be
D-G-D
near.
4
Days there may be of joy and deep delight,
When earth seems fairest, and her skies most bright,
Then draw me closer to Thee, lest I rest
Elsewhere, my Savior, than upon Thy breast.
Days there may be of joy and deep delight,
When earth seems fairest, and her skies most bright,
Then draw me closer to Thee, lest I rest
Elsewhere, my Savior, than upon Thy breast.
DDays
there may be of
Dmaj7
joy
and deep delight,
GWhen
earth seems fairest,
A
and
her
A-A7
skies
most bright,
DThen
draw me closer
Dmaj7
to
Thee, lest I rest
GElsewhere,
my
A
Savior,
than
A-A7
upon
D-G-D
Thy
breast.
5
And all the other days that make my life,
Marked by no special joy or grief or strife,
Days filled with quiet duties, trivial care,
Burdens too small for other hearts to share;
And all the other days that make my life,
Marked by no special joy or grief or strife,
Days filled with quiet duties, trivial care,
Burdens too small for other hearts to share;
DAnd
all the other
Dmaj7
days
that make my life,
GMarked
by no special
A
joy
or
A-A7
grief
or strife,
DDays
filled with quiet
Dmaj7
duties,
trivial care,
GBurdens
too small for
A
other
A-A7
hearts
to
D-G-D
share;
6
Spend Thou these days with me, all shall be Thine,
So shall the darkest hour with glory shine.
Then when these earthly years have passed away,
Let me be with Thee in the perfect day.
Spend Thou these days with me, all shall be Thine,
So shall the darkest hour with glory shine.
Then when these earthly years have passed away,
Let me be with Thee in the perfect day.
DSpend
Thou these days with
Dmaj7
me,
all shall be Thine,
GSo
shall the darkest
A
hour
with
A-A7
glory
shine.
DThen
when these earthly
Dmaj7
years
have passed away,
GLet
me be with Thee
A
in
the
A-A7
perfect
D-G-D
day.
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