My Dear Redeemer and My Lord

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1 My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in your Word;
but in your life the law appears,
drawn out in living characters.

2 Such was your truth, and such your zeal,
such def'rence to your 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 your prayer;
the desert your temptations knew,
your conflict and your vict'ry too.

4 Be thou my pattern; make me bear
more of your gracious image here:
then God the Judge shall own my name
amongst the foll'wers of the Lamb.


Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #327

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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ROCKINGHAM (Mason)


FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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HAMBURG

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone. HAMBURG is a very simple tune with…

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The Christian hymnal #227

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The Christian Hymnal #102

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #118

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The Christian Melodist #349

The Christian Minstrel #d166

The Christian Minstrel #d195

The Christian Psalmist #d435

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #76

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The Christian Psalmist #107

The Christian Psalter #d331

The Church Hymn Book #d613

The Church Hymn Book #d331

The Church Hymnal #d248

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The Church Hymnal #140

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The Church Hymnary #232

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d550

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The Church Praise Book #182

The Church-Book #d259

The Churches of God Hymnal. #d319

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #606

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The College Hymnal #135

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The Columbian Repository #643

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The Congregational Hymn Book #155

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The Coronation Hymnal #173

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The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book #566

The Devotional Hymn Book #d297

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d448

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The Evangelical Hymnal #393

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #224

The Family Choir #d29

The Gospel Alarm #d94

The Gospel Hymnal #d376

The Gospel Praise Book #d279

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The Greatest Hymns #52

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d198

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The Harp #260

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a260

The Harvard University Hymn Book #d144

The Haverford School Hymnal #d188

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The Haverford School Hymnal #84

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #98

The Hymnal #180

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The Hymnal #197

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The Hymnal and Order of Service #188

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The Hymnal and Order of Service #188

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The Hymnal of Praise #153

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d343

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d398

The Hymnal #234

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The Hymnal #194

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The Hymnal #197

The Hymnist #d62

The Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Congregations #d294

The Imperial Harmony #d157

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The Jewel #131

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The Jubilee Harp #16

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #99

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The Lyrica #94

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The Manual of Praise for Sabbath and Social Worship #179

The Mennonite Hymnal #147

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #140

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The Methodist Hymnal #140

The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d279

The Millennial Harp #d262

The Millennial Harp #d136

The Modern Harp #d152

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The Mother's Hymn Book #143

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The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #198

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The Mozart Collection of Sacred Music #125b

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The New Baptist Praise Book #112

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The New Baptist Praise Book #112

The New Christian Harp. 10th ed. #d154

The New Church Hymnal #d259

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The New Church Hymnal #37

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The New England Sabbath School Minstrel #114

The New Era of Song #d96

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The New Harmonia Sacra #82a

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The New Hymn Book #26

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The New Laudes Domini #359

The New Revival Glory #d161

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The New York Choralist #39b

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The New York Choralist #67

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The New York Choralist #72

The Old Baptist Hymn Book #d191

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The Otterbein Hymnal #110

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The People's Hymn Book #16

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The People's Hymnal #110

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d379

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #112

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #120

The Plymouth Hymnal #d297

The Prayer Meeting Hymn Book #d175

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #216

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #216

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The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #123

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The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #447

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The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal #155

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