Written by Thomas Davis, this hymn for private devotion was first published in his Devotional Verse for a Month (1855). In 1858, it was adopted into the Baptist Psalms and Hymns (No. 966) in five stanzas of four lines.
To adapt the introspective text more effectively for corporate worship, Davis completely rewrote the hymn for his Hymns, Old and New (1864), altering the opening line to "Lord, I would count each moment Thine" (No. 346). This revised text was reprinted in his Annus Sanctus (1877), where it was appointed for November 16 under the title "Walking at Liberty."
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