Not I, but Christ, be honored, loved, ex-alted;
Not I, but Christ, be seen, be known, be heard;
Not I, but Christ, in every look and ac-tion,
Not I, but Christ, in every thought and word.
verse 2
Not I, but Christ, to gently soothe in sorrow,
Not I, but Christ, to wipe the falling tear;
Not I, but Christ, to lift the wea-ry bur-den,
Not I, but Christ, to hush away all fear.
verse 3
Christ, only Christ! No idle words e?er falling,
Christ, only Christ; no needless bustling sound;
Christ, only Christ; no self-important bear-ing;
Christ, Only Christ; no trace of ?I? be found.
verse 4
Not I, but Christ, my every need supplying,
Not I, but Christ, my strength and health to be;
Christ, only Christ, for body, soul, and spir-it,
Christ, only Christ, here and e-ter-nal-ly