The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#188

188. My Dear Redeemer, and My Lord

1 My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in Thy Word;
But in Thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.

2 Such was Thy truth, and such Thy zeal,
Such def'rence to Thy Father's will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.

3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer;
The desert Thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and Thy victory too.

4 Be Thou my Pattern; make me bear
More of Thy gracious image here:
Then God the Judge shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My dear Redeemer and my Lord
• Title: My Dear Redeemer, and My Lord
• Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Matthew 14:23
• Topic: Church Year: Trinity Season; Trinity, Seventeenth Sunday; Following Christ; Prayer of Christ; Sanctification

Tune Information

• Name: WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTHEN SEIN
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Genevan French Psalter, 1542