The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#301

301. My blest Redeemer and my Lord

1 My blest Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.

2 What truth and love thy bosom fill!
What zeal to do thy Father's will!
Such zeal, and truth, and love divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.

3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer;
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict, and thy victory too.

4 Be thou my pattern; make me bear
More of thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.

Text Information

• First Line: My blest Redeemer and my Lord
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Christ: Life and Character

Tune Information

• Name: ROCKINGHAM
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #223, 58, or 101.