Not I, but Christ, be hon­ored, loved, ex­alt­ed;
Not I, but Christ, be seen, be known, be heard;
Not I, but Christ, in ev­ery look and action,
Not I, but Christ, in ev­ery thought and word.

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O to be saved from my­self, dear Lord,
O to be lost in Thee,
O that it might be no more I,
But Christ, that lives in me.

Not I, but Christ, to gent­ly soothe in sor­row,
Not I, but Christ, to wipe the fall­ing tear;
Not I, but Christ, to lift the wea­ry bur­den,
Not I, but Christ, to hush away all fear.

Refrain

Not I, but Christ, in low­ly si­lent la­bor;
Not I, but Christ, in hum­ble, ear­nest toil;
Christ, on­ly Christ! No show, no os­ten­ta­tion;
Christ, none but Christ, the ga­ther­er of the spoil.

Refrain

Christ, on­ly Christ! no id­le words e’er fall­ing,
Christ, on­ly Christ; no need­less bust­ling sound;
Christ, on­ly Christ; no self im­port­ant bear­ing;
Christ, on­ly Christ; no trace of I be found.

Refrain

Not I, but Christ, my eve­ry need sup­ply­ing,
Not I, but Christ, my strength and health to be;
Not I, but Christ, for bo­dy, soul, and spir­it,
Christ, on­ly Christ, here and eter­nal­ly.

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Christ, on­ly Christ, ere long will fill my vi­sion;
Glory ex­cell­ing soon, full soon I’ll see—
Christ, on­ly Christ, my ev­ery wish ful­fill­ing—
Christ, on­ly Christ, my all in all to be.

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