Scripture Verse

The mighty God…the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Introduction

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Mary S. B. D. Shindler (1810–1883)

Words: Ap­peared in the Church of Eng­land Ma­ga­zine, March 3, 1858. Va­ri­ous­ly at­trib­ut­ed to Ma­ry Ann Ser­rett Bar­ber (1801–1864) or Mary S. B. Shind­ler (1810–1883).

Music: Alet­ta Will­iam B. Brad­bu­ry, Ju­bi­lee (New York: Ma­son Bro­thers, 1858), page 232 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William B. Bradbury (1816–1868)

Lyrics

Prince of Peace, con­trol my will;
Bid the strug­gling heart be still;
Bid my fears and doubt­ings cease,
Hush my spi­rit into peace.

Thou hast bought me with Thy blood,
Opened wide the gate to God;
Peace I ask, but peace must be,
Lord, in be­ing one with Thee.

May Thy will, not mine, be done;
May Thy will and mine be one;
Chase these doubt­ings from my heart,
Now Thy per­fect peace im­part.

Savior, at Thy feet I fall,
Thou my life, my God, my all;
Let Thy hap­py ser­vant be
One for­ev­er­more with Thee!