That I May Finish My Course

INTRO (piano and cello) VERSE 1 On the first day of the week in Troas, Gathered to break the bread, Paul talked on until midnight, And a young man fell as dead. Paul went down and embraced him: "Do not fear, his life is in him." And they took the young man home alive, And were not a little comforted. VERSE 2 At Miletus he called the elders, "You know how I lived with you, Serving the Lord with tears and trials, Keeping back nothing that was true. I declared the whole counsel of God, From house to house, in public view: Repentance toward God, and faith In our Lord Jesus, through and through." CHORUS But I do not count my life Of any value, nor as precious to myself, If only I may finish my course And the ministry I received, To testify to the gospel of the grace of God. VERSE 3 "Pay careful attention to yourselves And to all the flock in your care; Shepherd the church of God, Which He bought with His own blood there. Now I commend you to God And the word of His grace, Which is able to build you up And give you an inheritance in His place." BRIDGE (softly) Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, How He Himself said: "It is more blessed to give Than to receive." VERSE 4 He knelt down and prayed with all of them, And there was much weeping there; They embraced him and kissed him, Sorrowing most at his words: That they would see his face no more. And they brought him to the shore. FINAL CHORUS (choir joins softly) OUTRO The gospel of the grace of God.