I'm planning on singing this in church this Sunday, but there are two lines where I don't know what the original text is. Here's the text as I am currently planning to sing it:

1. The lone, wild bird in lofty flight
   is still with thee, nor leaves thy sight.
   And I am thine! I rest in thee,
   Great Spirit, come, and rest in me.


2. Each secret thought is known to thee,
   my whole life's path, whate'er it be;
   my days, my deeds, my hopes, my fears,
   my deepest joys, my silent tears.


3. The ends of earth are in thy hand,
   the sea's dark deep and no man's land.
   And I am thine! I rest in thee,
   Great Spirit, come, and rest in me.

Here is the Hymnsite.com version, which I am not singing:

1. The lone, wild bird in lofty flight
   is still with you, nor leaves your sight.
   And I am yours! I rest in you,
   Great Spirit, come, rest in me, too.


2. The ends of earth are in your hand,
   the sea's dark deep and far off land.
   And I am yours! I rest in you,
   Great Spirit, come, rest in me, too.


3. Each secret thought is known to you,
   the path I walk my whole life through;
   my days, my deeds, my hopes, my fears,
   my deepest joys, my silent tears.

I haven't looked in The Faith We Sing to see what Marty Haugen's new verses are, but I doubt I'll want to use them. The problem is that for the stanza I intend to sing second, my only source is the Hymnsite.com version, which is "you" where I intend to sing "thee"; so the first two lines have to be altered. My provisional emendation you have above; but I'd really like to know (assuming McFayden actually wrote that verseâ€"again, my only authority is Hymnsite.com) what the original was. Anybody have it?

I'm going to sing "bird", not "fowl", for the same reason I sing (in church) "silver" instead of "hoary" in "How Firm a Foundation".

Haruo