12736 | The Cyber Hymnal#12737 | 12738 |
Text: | Commissioned By The Great I Am |
Author: | William Sanders |
Author: | Hugh Bourne |
Tune: | GERONTIUS |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Commissioned by the great I AM
I leave my friends and home,
To spread the triumphs of His name,
O’er desert wastes I roam.
2 While the whole counsel of the Lord,
I shun not to declare,
May sinners fall before the Word,
And lift their hearts in prayer.
3 My soul, at times, is much cast down,
And pressed with pain and toil,
But I’ll not dread the sinner’s frown,
Nor will I court their smile.
4 Though grief and sorrow be my lot,
I shortly shall be free;
And whether I’m reproached or not,
May God remember me.
5 I soon shall quit this cumbrous clay,
And fly to Jesus’ breast;
Angels will bear my soul away,
To everlasting rest.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Commissioned by the great I AM |
Title: | Commissioned By The Great I Am |
Author: | William Sanders |
Author: | Hugh Bourne |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Large Hymn Book for the Use of the Primitive Methodists, Bemerseley, England: Primitive Methodist Connexion, 1824) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: GRÄFENBERG by Johann Crüger, HEBER by GeorgeKingsley, HEREFORD by Frederick A. G. Ouseley |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GERONTIUS |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes (1868) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | A Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |