| Song | Contentment |
| Album | Good Old Christian Hymns |
| Genre | Traditional Christian Hymns |
| Writer(s) | Anna L. Waring |
| Music | |
| Key | Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 |
| Tags | Contentment |
| Theme(s) | |
| Scripture Reference(s) | Psalm 31:15 |
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Father, I Know That All My Life
Is Portioned Out For Me;
And The Changes That Are Sure To Come
I Do Not Fear To See;
I Ask Thee For A Present Mind,
Intent On Pleasing Thee.
I Ask Thee For A Thoughtful Love,
Through Constant Watching Wise,
To Meet The Glad With Joyful Smiles,
And Wipe The Weeping Eyes,
And A Heart, At Leisure From Itself,
To Soothe And Sympathize.
I Would Not Have The Restless Will
That Hurries To And Fro,
Ever Seeking Some Great Thing To Do,
Or Secret Thing To Know;
I Would Be Treated As A Child,
And Guided Where I Go.
Wherever In This World I Am,
In Whatsoever Estate,
I Have A Fellowship With Hearts
To Keep And Cultivate,
And A Work Of Lowly Love To Do
For The Lord On Whom I Wait.
So I Ask Thee For Daily Strength
To None That Ask Denied
And A Mind To Blend With Outward Life,
While Keeping At Thy Side;
Content To Fill A Little Space,
If Thou Be Glorified.
There Are Briers Besetting Every Path,
Which Call For Constant Care;
There Is A Cross In Every Lot,
And An Earnest Need For Prayer;
But A Lowly Heart That Leans On Thee,
Is Happy Everywhere.
In A Service Which Thy Love Appoints
There Are No Bonds For Me,
For My Inmost Heart Has Learned The Truth
Which Makes Thy Children Free,
And A Life Of Self-Renouncing Love
Is A Life Of Liberty.
