243. My Heart Is Fixed, Eternal God

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1
My heart is fixed, eternal God,
 
Fixed on Thee, fixed on Thee;
 
And my immortal choice is made,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
 
He is the Prophet, Priest and King,
 
Who did for me salvation bring;
 
And while I live I mean to sing,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
2
In Him I see the Godhead shine,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me;
 
He is the Majesty divine,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
 
The Father’s well-belovèd Son,
 
Co-partner of His royal throne,
 
Who did for human guilt atone,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
3
Let others boast of heaps of gold,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me;
 
His riches never can be told,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
 
Your gold will waste and wear away,
 
Your honors perish in a day;
 
My portion never can decay,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
4
In pining sickness, or in health,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me;
 
In deepest poverty or wealth,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
 
And in that all-important day
 
When I the summons shall obey,
 
And pass from this dark world away,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
5
At home, abroad, by night and day,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me;
 
Where’er I speak, or sing, or pray;
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
 
Him first, Him last, Him all day long,
 
My hope, my solace and my song;
 
He sweetly leads my soul along,
 
Christ for me, Christ for me.
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