Teach Me, My God and King!

Teach Me, My God and King

Teach me, my God and King, 

in all things Thee to see,

and what I do in anything,

to do it as for Thee.

To scorn the senses' sway,

while still to Thee I tend;

in all I do be Thou the Way,

in all be Thou the End.

All may of Thee partake;

nothing so small can be,

but draws, when acted for Thy sake,

greatness and worth from Thee.

If done t'obey Thy laws,

e'en servile labors shine;

hallowed is toil, if this the cause,

the meanest work divine.

~George Herbert, 1633; recast by John Wesley, 1738

This is a new hymn to me, and I really love its honesty and simplicity. Have you heard it before? Our hymnal has it set to the tune Festal Song by William Henry Walter, 1894