Father, I know that all my life

Father, I know that all my life. Anna Laetitia Waring* (1823-1910). This was written in 1846, and first published in A Selection of Scriptural Poetry (Third Edition, 1848), edited by Lovell Squire. It was then published in Hymns and Meditations by A.L.W. (1850) as the first hymn in that book, under the title ‘My times are in Thy hand’ (from Psalm 31: 15). It had eight 6-line stanzas. It has frequently been shortened, in early years to seven stanzas, and more recently to six (MHB) or five (CP). The two stanzas missing from the MHB text are 6 and 7 (text from the Third Edition, 1848): And if some things I have not asked, in my cup of blessing be, I would have my spirit filled the more with...