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Let My Life Be Hid With Thee

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1 Let my life be hid in Thee,
Life of life and Light of light!
Love’s illimitable Sea!
Depth of peace and power the height!
Let my life be hid in Thee
From vexation and annoy;
Calm in Thy tranquility,
All my mourning turned to joy.

2 Let my life be hid in Thee
When alarms are gathering round,
Covered with Thy panoply,
Safe within Thy holy ground.
Let my life be hid in Thee;
In the world, and yet above;
Hid in Thine eternity,
In the ocean of Thy love.

Amen.

Source: The Hymnal #318

Author: John Bull

"J. B. Clipston," i.e. John Bull, Curate of Clipston, born, 1777; B.A. Oxford, 1801; died 1852. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Let my life be hid in Thee
Title: Let My Life Be Hid With Thee
Author: John Bull (1839)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Let my life be hid with Thee . [Consecration to Christ.] In the Church of England Magazine, April, 1839, and signed "J. B. Clipston," i.e. John Bull, Curate of Clipston, born, 1777; B.A. Oxford, 1801; died 1852.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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