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BE THOU MY ALL

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 7, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 32.

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BE THOU MY ALL.

By Emma C. Dowd

Be thou my Friend, my close Companion ever! Earth's paths diverge as comrades onward wend; Friends may depart, but thou, O leave me never! Be thou my Friend!
Be thou my Guide through darkness and through light, In even the sunniest way may danger hide. Thy feet have trod my road. By day, by night, Be thou my Guide!
Be thou my King! Let me know what to do, That all my hours may serve some goodly thing; Command my life, and keep me loyal, true! Be thou my King!
Be thou my Saviour! Pardon all my sin, I grieve o'er broken laws and wrong behavior; Without thee, heaven I can not hope to win: Be thou my Saviour!
Be thou my Strength! Heavy am I with weakness, In thee alone can I be strong at length. Help me to lean on thee in trust and meekness: Be thou my Strength!
Be thou my Life! No other one can feed me; I faint, weary and worn with pain and strife; Where living waters flow, O gently lead me! Be thou my Life!
Be thou my All! Terrors sometimes enfold me; The vasts of thy great universe appall. Closer to thy dear heart, O closer hold me! Be thou my All!
—Emma C. Dowd.