252. Thy way, not mine, O Lord
Horatius Bonar, 1808-89
An admirable hymn of submission, faith, and love, based on Matt. 26:39: “Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”
It was published in 7 stanzas in the author’s Hymns of Faith and Hope, 1st series, 1857 under the title, “Thy way, not Mine.”
The omitted stanza (No. 6) reads:
Choose Thou for me my friends,
My sickness or my health:
Choose Thou my cares for me,
My poverty or my wealth.
For comments on Horatius Bonar see [Hymn 129].
MUSIC. O LEIDE, LEIDE GERN is from the Gesangbuch mit Noten, where it appears anonymously set to the words, “O leide, leide, gern! Es ist der Will’ des Herrn.”