Scripture Verse

Take…no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 76.

Music: Lest We For­get George F. Blan­chard, 1898 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Blan­chard (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

The past no long­er in my pow­er:
The fu­ture who shall live to see?
Mine on­ly is the pre­sent hour,
Lent, to be all laid out for Thee:
Now, Sav­ior, with Thy grace en­dowed,
Now let me serve and please my God.