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Text:I love Thy Zion, Lord
Author:Timothy Dwight
Tune:BETHLEHEM (Aswarby)
Composer:Samuel Wesley

194. I love Thy Zion, Lord

1 I love Thy Zion, Lord!
The house of Thine abode;
The Church, O blest Redeemer, sav'd
By Thine own precious blood.

2 I love Thy Church, O God!
Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,
And graven on Thy hand.

3 Should I with scoffers join
Her alters to abuse?
No! better far my tongue were dumb,
My hand its skill should lose.

4 Oh! ne'er may I forget
Her welfare nor her woe;
Lest ev'ry joy my heart forsake,
And ev'ry grief o'erflow.

5 For her my tears shall fall;
For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

6 Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heav'nly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

Text Information
First Line: I love Thy Zion, Lord
Author: Timothy Dwight (1800)
Meter: S. M. No. 3
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Catechism: The Church; First Sunday after Epiphany; Tenth Sunday after Trinity
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: BETHLEHEM (Aswarby)
Composer: Samuel Wesley (1798)
Meter: S. M. No. 3
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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