WHAT shall I render to my God
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
7 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Hymns and Tunes 1876 #1
Verse 1
WHAT shall I render to my God
For all his kindness shown?
My feet shall visit thine abode,
My songs address thy throne.
Verse 1
WHAT shall I render to my God
For all his kindness shown?
My feet shall visit thine abode,
My vows shall be thy own.
Verse 2
Among the saints that fill thy house
My offering shall be paid;
There shall my zeal perform the vows
My soul in anguish made.
Verse 2
Among the saints who fill thy house
My offering shall be paid;
There shall my zeal perform the vows
My soul in anguish made.
Verse 3
How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever blessed God!
How dear thy servants in thy sight!
How precious is their blood!
Verse 3
How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever-blessed God!
How dear thy servants in thy sight!
How precious is their blood!
Verse 4
How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!
My life, which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, I devote to thee.
Verse 4
How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!
My life, which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, I devote to thee.
Verse 5
Now I am thine, forever thine, Nor shall my purpose move; Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pain, And bound me with thy love.
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Verse 6
Here in thy courts I leave my vow, And thy rich grace record; Witness, ye saints, who hear me now, If I forsake the Lord.
Not in this version