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Teach me, O teach me, Lord, Thy way
Author: James Merrick Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 48 hymnals Hymnal Title: Church Book Lyrics: 1 Teach me, O teach me, Lord, Thy way;
That, to my life's remotest day,
By thine unerring precepts led,
My feet Thy heavenly paths may tread.
2 Informed by Thee, with sacred awe
My heart shall meditate Thy law;
And, with celestial wisdom filled,
To Thee its full obedience yield.
3 Give me to know Thy will aright,
Thy will, my glory and delight;
That, raised above the world, my mind
In Thee its highest good may find.
4 O turn from vanity my eye;
To me Thy quickening strength supply;
And with Thy promised mercy cheer
A heart devoted to Thy fear. Topics: The Christian Life Wisdom and Self-Knowledge; Eighth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: GERMANY
Teach me, O teach me, Lord, Thy way
ST. CATHERINE
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. F. Smith Hymnal Title: The Parish School Hymnal Incipit: 53427 12325 67554 Used With Text: Teach me, O teach me, Lord, Thy way
ST. CATHERINE
Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way
Author: James Merrick Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #197 (1817) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches Languages: English
Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way
Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way
Author: James Merrick Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #197 (1834) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy Languages: English
Teach me, O teach me, Lord, thy way
Teach me, O teach me, Lord! thy way
Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #197 (1814) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy Lyrics: 1 Teach me, O teach me, Lord! thy way;
That, to my life's remotest day,
By thy unerring precepts led,
My feet thy heav'nly paths may tread.
2 Inform'd by thee, with sacred awe
My heart shall meditate thy law;
And, with celestial wisdom fill'd,
To thee its full obedience yield.
3 Give me to know thy will aright,
Thy will, my glory and delight;
That, rais'd above the world, my mind
In thee its highest good may find.
4 O turn from vanity my eye;
To me thy quick'ning strength supply;
And with Thy promis'd mercy cheer
A heart devoted to thy fear.
Topics: The Influence of God's Holy Spirit Languages: English
Teach me, O teach me, Lord! thy way
James Merrick
1720 - 1769 Hymnal Title: Church Book Author of "Teach me, O teach me, Lord, Thy way" in Church Book Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:—
(1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse. By James Merrick, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. Reading. J. Carnan and Co. 1765. 2nd ed. 1766. A few only of these paraphrases were divided into stanzas. In 1797 the Rev. W. D. Tattersall pulished the work "Divided into stanzas for Parochial Use, and paraphrased in such language as will be intelligible to every capacity . . . with a suitable Collect to each Psalm from the Works of Archbishop Parker."
Merrick's paraphrases, although weak and verbose, were in extensive use in the early part of the present century, both in the Church of England and with Nonconformists. They have, however, fallen very much into disuse. Those in modern hymn-books, mainly in the form of centos, include:—
1. Blest Instructor, from Thy ways. Ps. xix.
2. Descend, O Lord! from heaven descend. Ps. cxliv. (In time of National Peril.)
3. Far as creation's bounds extend. Ps. cxlv.
4. God of my strength, the wise, the just. Ps. xxxi.
5. He who with generous pity glows. Ps. xli.
6. How pleasant, Lord.Thy dwellings are. Ps. lxxxiv.
7. Lift up your voice and thankful sing. Ps. cxxxvi.
8. Lo, my Shepherd's hand divine. Ps. xxiii.
9. Lord, my Strength, to Thee I pray. Ps. xxviii.
10. My heart its noblest theme has found. Ps.xlv.
11. O let me, [gracious] heavenly Lord extend. Ps. xxxix.
12. O turn, great Ruler of the skies. Ps. li.
13. Praise, O praise the Name divine. Ps. cl.
14. Sing, ye sons of [men] might, O sing. Ps. xxix.
15. Teach me, O teach me, Lord, Thy way. Ps. cxix.
16. The festal morn, my [O] God, is come. Ps. cxxii, (Sunday Morning.)
17. The morn and eve Thy praise resound. Ps. lxv. (Harvest.)
18. To Thy pastures, fair and large. Ps. xxiii.
From his Poems on Sacred Subjects, 1763, the following centos have also come into common use: --
19. Author of good, to Thee we turn. Resignation.
20. Eternal God, we look to Thee. Resignation.
21. 'Tis enough, the hour is come. Nunc Dimittis.
John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
James Merrick
R. F. Smith
1833 - 1905 Person Name: Rev. R. F. Smith Hymnal Title: School and Parish Hymnal Composer of "ST. CATHERINE" in School and Parish Hymnal The Rev. Robert Frederick Smith Born Sheffield 1833. Lincoln College, Oxford, BA (1855), MA (1857). Vicar Edingley-cum-Halam, Nottinghamshire. Canon of Southwell Minster. Friend and collaborator with Herbert Stephen Irons (1834-1905)
Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica by Joseph Jackson Howard, Vol. 1, London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1896 and Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project website "Edingley St. Giles" (http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/edingley/hhistory.php) Accessed 5-2-2018
R. F. Smith
