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Text:Is There Ambition in My Heart?
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:EAGLEY
Composer:James Walch
Media:MIDI file

3080. Is There Ambition in My Heart?

1. Is there ambition in my heart?
Search, gracious God, and see;
Or do I act a haughty part?
Lord, I appeal to Thee.

2. I charge my thoughts, be humble still,
And all my carriage mild,
Content, my Father, with Thy will,
And quiet as a child.

3. The patient soul, the lowly mind,
Shall have a large reward:
Let saints in sorrow lie resigned,
And trust a faithful Lord.

Text Information
First Line: Is there ambition in my heart?
Title: Is There Ambition in My Heart?
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: GRÄFENBERG, Johann Crüger, 1647
Tune Information
Name: EAGLEY
Composer: James Walch (1860)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 56712 33216 61465
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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