1. Christ, of all my hopes the ground,
Christ, the spring of all my joy,
still in you may I be found,
still for you my pow’rs employ,
still for you my pow’rs employ.
2. Let your love my heart inflame;
keep your fear before my sight;
be your praise my highest aim;
be your smile my chief delight,
be your smile my chief delight.
3. Fountain of o’erflowing grace,
freely from your fullness give;
’til I close my earthly race,
may I prove it “Christ to live,”
may I prove it “Christ to live.”
4. Firmly trusting in your blood,
nothing shall my heart confound;
safely I shall pass the flood,
safely reach Immanuel’s ground,
safely reach Immanuel’s ground.
5. Thus, O thus, an entrance give
to the land of cloudless sky;
having known it “Christ to live,”
let me know it “gain to die,”
let me know it “gain to die.”
CHRIST, OF ALL MY HOPES THE GROUND
First Line:
Christ, of all my hopes the ground, Christ, the spring of all my joy,
Songbook: Trinity Psalter Hymnal 2018
Page Number: 447
Song Key: F
Language: English
Authors: Ralph Wardlaw, 1817
Tune Name: HENDON
Themes: Union with Christ
Composer: Henri A. César Malan, 1827
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