Sol de mi ser, mi Salvador

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1. Sol de mi ser, mí Salvador,
contigo vivo sin temor;
no quieras esconder jamás
de mí la gloria de tu faz.

2. Al sueño blando al entregar
mi cuerpo para descansar,
en tu promesa confiaré:
“Ven, hijo, te protegeré”.

3. Dame, oh Señor, al despertar,
gracia divina y bienestar,
y al caminar a tu mansión,
cólmame tú de bendición.

Source: Himnario Adventista: para uso en el culto divino #347

Author: John Keble

Keble, John, M.A., was born at Fairford, in Gloucestershire, on St. Mark's Day, 1792. His father was Vicar of Coln St. Aldwin's, about three miles distant, but lived at Fairford in a house of his own, where he educated entirely his two sons, John and Thomas, up to the time of their entrance at Oxford. In 1806 John Keble won a Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, and in 1810 a Double First Class, a distinction which up to that time had been gained by no one except Sir Robert Peel. In 1811 he was elected a Fellow of Oriel, a very great honour, especially for a boy under 19 years of age; and in 1811 he won the University Prizes both for the English and Latin Essays. It is somewhat remarkable that amid this brilliantly successful career,… Go to person page >

Translator: T. M. Westrup

Thomas Martin Westrup moved with his family from London to Mexico when he was fifteen years old. He translated hundreds of hymns and, along with his son, Enrique, published a three-volume hymnal Incienso Christiano. Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992 Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sol de mi ser, mi Salvador
English Title: Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear
Author: John Keble
Translator: T. M. Westrup
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: Spanish
Copyright: Public Domain

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HURSLEY

HURSLEY is a Protestant French Huguenot melody by an anonymous composer.

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