Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
A fixed abiding-place may find,
That I may know the will of God,
And live in him for lost mankind.
2. The suffering servant he became,
Yea more; in loneliness and loss
He bare for me in grief and shame,
A crown of thorns, a heavy cross.
3. O that in me this mind might be,
The will of God be all my joy,
Prepared with him to go or stay,
My chief delight his sweet employ.
4. More than all else I would become
The servant of my servant-Lord;
My highest glory his reproach,
To do his will my best reward.
Refrain:
Doing the will of God,
Doing the will of God,
The best thing I know in this world below
Is doing the will of God.
Edward Henry “Ted” Joy wrote the words and music to “O that in me the mind of Christ.” The hymn stanzas are Long Meter, with a refrain meter of 6.6.10.7. The hymn is founded in Paul’s statement to the church at Philippi, “Let this mind be in you.”
Joy was born November 16, 1871 in Canterbury, Kent, England. He died February 16, 1949, at his home in Carshalton, Surrey, England. He is buried at the Camberwell New Cemetery in Camberwell, Southwark, London, England. Edward Joy joined the Salvation Army movement in Canterbury at the age of 12, He played in the band, and became an officer in 1894 at age 23. He served widely in the Salvation Army, including England, Canada, South Africa, and India. He rose to the rank of colonel in the Salvation Army, retiring in 1938. After his retirement he wrote for and about the Salvation Army.
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