Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#240

240. I Love Your Church, O God

Text Information

• First Line: I love your church, O God
• Title: I Love Your Church, O God
• Author: Timothy Dwight (1801, alt.)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998

Tune Information

• Name: ST. THOMAS
• Meter: SM
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Aaron Williams' New Universal Psalmodist, 1770

Text Information:

Timothy Dwight was President of Yale College. In this hymn we see him as a bridge between the Calvinism of his grandfather Jonathan Edwards and the more liberal theology to follow