Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: My dear Redeemer and my Lord
Topic: Christ/Life and Ministry
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 146
Page Number: 091, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.
Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will,
Such love, and meekness so divine;
I would transcribe and make them mine.
Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer;
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and thy vict'ry too.
Be thou my pattern; make me bear
More of thy gracious image here;
Then God the judge shall own my name
Among the foll'wers of the Lamb.