| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | The Golden Chain of Praise (1869).
I. Sweet Subjection | | By Thomas Hornblower Gill (1819–1906) |
| | | DEAR Lord and Master mine, | |
| Thy happy servant see! | |
| My Conqueror! with what joy divine | |
| Thy captive clings to Thee! | |
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| I love Thy yoke to wear, | 5 |
| To feel Thy gracious bands, | |
| Sweetly restrainèd by Thy care | |
| And happy in Thy hands. | |
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| No bar would I remove; | |
| No bond would I unbind; | 10 |
| Within the limits of Thy love | |
| Full liberty I find. | |
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| I would not walk alone | |
| But still with Thee, my God, | |
| At every step my blindness own | 15 |
| And ask of Thee the road. | |
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| The weakness I enjoy | |
| That casts me on Thy breast; | |
| The conflicts that Thy strength employ, | |
| Make me divinely blest. | 20 |
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| Dear Lord and Master mine, | |
| Still keep Thy servant true! | |
| My Guardian and my Guide Divine, | |
| Bring, bring Thy pilgrim through! | |
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| My Conqueror and my King, | 25 |
| Still keep me in Thy train, | |
| And with Thee Thy glad captive bring | |
| When Thou return’st to reign! | | | | |
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