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Text: | I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord |
Author: | Timothy Dwight |
Tune: | ST. THOMAS |
Adapter: | Aaron Williams |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 I love thy kingdom, Lord,
the house of thine abode,
the church our blest Redeemer saved
with his 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 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.
4 Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways:
her sweet communion, solemn vows,
her hymns of love and praise.
5 Sure as thy truth shall last,
to Zion shall be given
the brightest glories earth can yield,
and brighter bliss of heaven.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I love thy kingdom, Lord |
Title: | I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord |
Author: | Timothy Dwight (1800) |
Meter: | SM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | The Church; Jesus Christ: Ascension and Reign; Kingdom of God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. THOMAS |
Adapter: | Aaron Williams (1770) |
Meter: | SM |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | The Universal Psalmodist, 1763 |
One of the oldest American hymn texts in continuous use, this paraphrase of Psalm 137 was created by a president of Yale University while compiling a popular revision of Watts’s Psalms of David. The arranger of the tune was the clerk of a Presbyterian church in London.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |