My Faith Bids Me To Tarry

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My faith bids me to tarry

Translator: P. C. Paulsen
Tune: [My faith bids me to tarry]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 My faith bids me to tarry
Beneath the cross of Christ
And all my sins to carry
To Him, my Savior blest.

2 My faith bids me to chasten
All vanity of mine
And unto Him to hasten
For grace and help divine.

3 My faith bids me to nourish
My life upon His Word
And not attempt to flourish
Except where He is Lord.

4 My faith bids me to linger
Upon His work for me,
In grief to see His finger
And brave in death to be.

5 My faith bids me to bless Him
Whose way is always best;
Though oft my sins distress Him,
He takes me to His breast.

6 My faith bids me to follow
The Lord through all my days
And seek His name to hallow
In all my work and ways.

Source: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #289

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Translator: P. C. Paulsen

Paul Christian Paulsen was born on March 26, 1881, in Alstrup, Jutland, Denmark. He emigrated to America in 1904, was ordained in 1911, and served as a Lutheran pastor in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, and Alberta, Canada. He died on July 26, 1948. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

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First Line:	My faith bids me to tarry
Title:	My Faith Bids Me To Tarry
Danish Title:	At tro det er at laegge
Translator:	P. C. Paulsen
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain