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Joseph Addison - When all Thy Mercies, O My God
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When all Thy mercies, O my God, 
My rising soul surveys, 
Transported with the view, I’m lost 
In wonder, love and praise. 

Thy Providence my life sustained, 
And all my wants redressed, 
While in the silent womb I lay, 
And hung upon the breast. 

To all my weak complaints and cries 
Thy mercy lent an ear, 
Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learned 
To form themselves in prayer. 

Unnumbered comforts to my soul 
Thy tender care bestowed, 
Before my infant heart conceived 
From Whom those comforts flowed. 

When in the slippery paths of youth 
With heedless steps I ran, 
Thine arm unseen conveyed me safe, 
And led me up to man. 

Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, 
It gently cleared my way; 
And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
More to be feared than they. 

O how shall words with equal warmth 
The gratitude declare, 
That glows within my ravished heart? 
But thou canst read it there. 

Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss 
Hath made my cup run o’er; 
And, in a kind and faithful Friend, 
Hath doubled all my store. 

Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 
My daily thanks employ; 
Nor is the last a cheerful heart 
That tastes those gifts with joy. 

When worn with sickness, oft hast Thou 
With health renewed my face; 
And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, 
Revived my soul with grace. 

Through every period of my life 
Thy goodness I’ll pursue 
And after death, in distant worlds, 
The glorious theme renew. 

When nature fails, and day and night 
Divide Thy works no more, 
My ever grateful heart, O Lord, 
Thy mercy shall adore. 

Through all eternity to Thee 
A joyful song I’ll raise; 
For, oh, eternity’s too short 
To utter all Thy praise!
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