CQOD—Baxter: Lord, it belongs not to my care

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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Baxter: Lord, it belongs not to my care

Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691

Meditation:

I will praise you forever for what you have done;

in your name I will hope, for your name is good.

I will praise you

in the presence of your saints.

—Psalm 52:9 (NIV)

Quotation:

Lord, it belongs not to my care,

Whether I die or live;

To love and serve Thee is my share,

And this Thy grace must give.

If life be long I will be glad,

That I may long obey;

If short—yet why should I be sad

To soar to endless day?

Christ leads me through no darker rooms

Than He went through before;

He that unto God’s kingdom comes,

Must enter by this door.

Come, Lord, when grace has made me meet

Thy blessèd face to see;

For if Thy work on earth be sweet,

What will Thy glory be!

Then shall I end my sad complaints,

And weary, sinful days;

And join with the triumphant saints,

To sing Jehovah’s praise.

My knowledge of that life is small,

The eye of faith is dim;

But ’tis enough that Christ knows all,

And I shall be with him.

... Richard Baxter (1615-1691), in Memoirs of Margaret Baxter, London: Richard Edwards, 1826, p. 403 (see the book)

Quiet time reflection:

May I enter Your gates, Lord, with thanksgiving and praise.

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