This is a hymn by Kate B. Wilkinson (1859-1928)  It touched the desires of my heart so I’d like to share it with you.  It is from, “40 Favorite Hymns on the Christian Life  A Closer Look At Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning”  By Leland Ryken

A long explanation, but I will be quoting him and Scriptures that he has  included in this poem/hymn.

May the Mind of Christ My Savior

May the mind of Christ my Savior
Live in me from day to day,
By his love and power controlling
All I do and say.

May the word of Christ dwell richly 
In my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph
Only through his power.

May the peace of Christ my Savior
  Rule my life in everything,
That I may be calm to comfort
Sick and sorrowing.

May the love of Jesus fill me,
As the waters fill the sea;
  Him exalting; self abasing,
This is victory.

May I run the race before me,
Strong and brave to face the foe,
Looking only unto Jesus
As I onward go.

May his beauty rest upon me
As I seek the lost to win,
And may they forget the channel
Seeing only him.
Ryken tells us that “each stanza names and develops a different spiritual virtue…
“Stanza 1, May the mind of Christ my Savior, is based on Philippians 2:5:
‘Let this mind be in you, which is also in Christ Jesus.’”

“Stanza 2, May the word of Christ dwell richly in my heart, is an application of the command stated in Colossians 3:16:
‘Let the words of Christ dwell in you richly’”
(It goes on to say, ‘in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.’)
NOTE: The parenthesis where the whole verses is stated in the following are my additions.

“Stanza 3, May the peace of Christ my Savior rule my life, echoes Colossians 3:15: ‘Let the peace of God rule in your hearts’”
(It goes on to say, ‘to which you were also called in one body; and be thankful.’)

“Stanza 4, May the love of Jesus fill me, echoes Ephesians 3:19: ‘[that you may] know the love of Christ…[and] be filled with all the fullness of God.’”

“Stanza 5, May I run the race before me, is base on Hebrews 12:1: ‘and let us run with endurance the race set before us’”
(The whole of verse 1, reads: ‘Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.’)

“Stanza 6, May his beauty rest upon me, comes from Psalm 90:17: ‘And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us’”
(It goes on to say, ‘And establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.)

These are the first two lines of the stanzas.
“The remaining two lines represent what the poet decided what to do with the opening thought taken from the Bible…
This poem is a commitment to practice the spiritual virtues that each stanza names and elaborates, but it is also a reality check regarding what we most desire in our lives.”

Is Ryken’s last statement the desire for our lives?  May we all say “Yes and Amen!”

Thank you Lord for the poet/hymn writers of old whose works have come out of dire circumstances.  And also for the contemporary writers who base their music on Scripture.  
We love You and give all honor and glory to You, our Lord God and Savior!  Amen