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16236 | The Cyber Hymnal#16237 | 16238 |
Text: | My Soul Desires The Word |
Author: | Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795 |
Tune: | DENNIS |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason |
Composer: | Hans Georg Nägeli |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 My soul desires the word,
As infants seek the breast;
To me its sacred promises
Afford a constant feast.
2 When I behold the page,
Where Jesus’ glories shine,
A genial warmth spreads o’er my soul,
The power of love divine.
3 Its precepts are a light,
To guide me lest I stray,
A shining lamp around my path,
To show my feet the way.
4 Its threatenings awe the mind,
And make me fear to sin;
And while Thy word is my delight,
It keeps my conscience clean.
5 ’Tis here, in deep distress,
I solid comfort find;
Beneath the frownings of the world,
It soothes the troubled mind.
6 From imperfection free,
In it all riches meet;
Not purest gold is half so dear,
Nor honey half so sweet.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My soul desires the word |
Title: | My Soul Desires The Word |
Author: | Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795 |
Meter: | SM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: DONCASTER by Samuel Wesley, DULCE DOMUM by Robert S. Ambrose, DUNBAR by Charles W. Dunbar |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DENNIS |
Composer: | Hans Georg Nägeli |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason (1845) |
Meter: | SM |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |