M. E. Barber (488/413) -- Hymns and Spiritual Songs

M. E. Barber NOT where we elect to go, But where Jesus leads the way, There the living waters flow, There our darkness turns to day. 2 Not our self-appointed task Will the Lord’s approval win, But the work we did not ask, Finished humbly, just for Him. 3 Not the prayer we long to plead, When we bend before the Throne, But the touching deeper need Of the Spirit’s wordless groan. 4 Not the gift we proudly lay On His altar will He heed, If our hearts have said Him, “Nay,” When He whispered, “I have need.” 5 Thus we die, and dying live In the heavenlies with the Lord; Thus we serve, and pray, and give, Christ Himself, our great Reward.