Text: | Savior, Blessed Savior |
Author: | Godfrey Thring |
Tune: | HERMAS |
Composer: | Frances R. Havergal |
1 Savior, blessed Savior, listen while we sing;
hearts and voices raising praises to our King:
all we have we offer, all we hope to be,
body, soul, and spirit, all we yield to thee.
2 Nearer, ever nearer, Christ we draw to thee,
deep in adoration, bending low the knee;
thou for our redemption cam'st on earth to die;
thou, that we might follow, hast gone up on high.
3 Great and ever greater, are thy mercies here;
true and everlasting are the glories there,
where no pain nor sorrow, fear nor care, is known,
where the angel legions circle round thy throne.
4 Higher then, and higher, bear the ransomed soul,
earthly toils forgotten - Savior, to its goal;
where, in joys unthought of, saints with angels sing,
never weary, raising praises to their King.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Savior, blessed Savior |
Title: | Savior, Blessed Savior |
Author: | Godfrey Thring (1862, 1882; Alt. 1961) |
Meter: | 6.5.6.5.D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | The Way of Salvation: Sanctification; Christ: Exaltation of; Heaven: Anticipated(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERMAS |
Composer: | Frances R. Havergal (1871) |
Meter: | 6.5.6.5.D. |
Key: | G Major |