Number: 293
English: 
Title: O God, Thou Art the Source and Sum
Name: I do not ask for earthly store
Words: Sam Jones
Music: W. A. Ogden
Copyright: Lyrics written in February 1938
Meter: 
Form: 

¤O God, Thou art the source and sum
Of all I need to love,
My pur¤est joy on earth be¤low,
My hope of heaven a¤bove.
Thou on¤ly art my soul’s true rest and peace,
In Thy safe keep¤ing all my sor¤rows cease.

Chorus:
How sa¤cred is Thy life and death,
Thine all a¤ton¤ing cleans¤ing blood,
Which pleads for me con¤tin¤ual¤ly
Be¤fore the Ho¤ly Throne of God.

¤O God, in Thee a¤lone my soul
Con¤tent¤ed¤ly shall trust,
Thy hands have made and fash¤ioned me,
And formed me from the dust.
In Thee my wea¤ry heart shall find re¤pose,
Safe shel¤tered from my fierce and an¤gry foes.

¤The deep com¤pas¤sion of Thy heart,
The ten¤der love di¤vine,
All power¤ful and ap¤peal¤ing¤ly
Has reached this heart of mine.
E¤ter¤nal wis¤dom knew no oth¤er plan
Could reach and touch the ston¤y heart of man.

¤Thy Son, Thine on¤ly “Well be¤loved,”
Thy glo¤ry and de¤light,
Came from Thy bos¤om to de¤clare,
Re¤veal Thy love and light.
Oh, love di¤vine, Oh, light be¤yond all ken,
He came and dwelt a¤mong the sons of men.

¤He lived, He loved, He suf¤fered much,
As on this earth He trod,
Re¤veal¤ing all the Fa¤ther’s heart,
The sin¤less Son of God.
The sins of all man¤kind up¤on Him laid,
He con¤quered death, the sin¤ners’ ran¤som paid.

¤Oh, fear¤less a¤go¤ny: a¤lone,
He drank the bit¤ter cup
In love di¤vine, God’s aw¤ful wrath
Ap¤peased and swal¤lowed up.
God’s strict¤est sense of jus¤tice sat¤is¤fied,
When on the cross He bowed His head and died.