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[Teach me Thy will, O Lord]

Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William M. Runyan Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 54332 12343 54332 Used With Text: Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord

Author: Katherine A. Grimes Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way; Teach me to know Thy Word, teach me to pray. Whate'er seems best to Thee, that be my earnest plea, So that Thou drawest me closer each day. 2 Teach me Thy wondrous grace, boundless and free; Lord, let Thy blessed face shine upon me. Heal Thou sin's every smart, dwell Thou within my heart; Grant that I never part, Savior, from Thee. 3 Teach me by pain Thy power, teach me by love; Teach me to know each hour Thou art above. Teach me as seemeth best in Thee to find sweet rest; Leaning upon Thy breast, all doubt remove. 4 Teach Thou my lips to sing, my heart to praise; Be Thou my Lord and King thro' all my days. Teach Thou my soul to cry, "Be Thou, dear Savior, nigh, Teach me to live, to die, saved by Thy grace." Amen. Topics: Fellowship with God; Jesus Christ Teacher; Trials Used With Tune: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord]

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Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord

Author: Katherine A. Grimes Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #124 (1967) Lyrics: 1 Teach me Thy will, O Lord, Teach me Thy way; Teach me to know Thy Word, Teach me to pray. Whate'er seems best to Thee, That be my earnest plea; So that Thou drawest me Closer each day. 2 Teach me Thy wondrous grace, Boundless and free; Lord, let Thy blessed face Shine upon me. Heal Thou sin's every smart, Dwell Thou within my heart; Grant that I never part, Savior, from Thee. 3 Teach me by pain Thy power, Teach me by love; Teach me to know each hour Thou art above. Teach me as seemeth best In Thee to find sweet rest; Leaning upon Thy breast, All doubt remove. 4 Teach Thou my lips to sing, My heart to praise; Be Thou my Lord and King Through all my days. Teach Thou my soul to cry, "Be Thou, dear Savior, nigh, Teach me to live, to die, Saved by Thy grace." Amen. Topics: Christ Teacher; Christ Teacher Languages: English Tune Title: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord]

Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord

Author: Katherine A. Grimes Hymnal: Sing Joyfully #420 (1989) Lyrics: 1 Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way; Teach me to know Thy Word, teach me to pray. Whate'er seems best to Thee, that be my earnest plea, So that Thou drawest me closer each day. 2 Teach me Thy wondrous grace, boundless and free; Lord, let Thy blessed face shine upon me. Heal Thou sin's every smart, dwell Thou within my heart; Grant that I never part, Savior, from Thee. 3 Teach me by pain Thy power, teach me by love; Teach me to know each hour Thou art above. Teach me as seemeth best in Thee to find sweet rest; Leaning upon Thy breast, all doubt remove. 4 Teach Thou my lips to sing, my heart to praise; Be Thou my Lord and King thro' all my days. Teach Thou my soul to cry, "Be Thou, dear Savior, nigh, Teach me to live, to die, saved by Thy grace." Amen. Topics: Fellowship with God; Jesus Christ Teacher; Trials Languages: English Tune Title: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord]

Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord

Author: Katherine A. Grimes Hymnal: Hymns of Faith #456 (1980) First Line: Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way Lyrics: 1 Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way; Teach me to know Thy Word, teach me to pray. Whate'er seems best to Thee, that be my earnest plea, So that Thou drawest me closer each day. 2 Teach me Thy wondrous grace, boundless and free; Lord, let Thy blessed face shine upon me. Heal Thou sin's every smart, dwell Thou within my heart; Grant that I never part, Savior, from Thee. 3 Teach me by pain Thy power, teach me by love; Teach me to know each hour Thou art above. Teach me as seemeth best in Thee to find sweet rest; Leaning upon Thy breast, all doubt remove. 4 Teach Thou my lips to sing, my heart to praise; Be Thou my Lord and King thro' all my days. Teach Thou my soul to cry, "Be Thou, dear Savior, nigh, Teach me to live, to die, saved by Thy grace." Amen. Topics: Christ Teacher; Christ Teacher Scripture: Psalm 27:11 Languages: English Tune Title: [Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way]

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William M. Runyan

1870 - 1957 Composer of "[Teach me Thy will, O Lord, teach me Thy way]" in Hymns of Faith Showing early musical promise, William Marion Runyan (b. Marion, NY, 1870; d. Pittsburg, KS, 1957) was a substitute church organist by the age of twelve. He became a Methodist minister in 1891 and served several churches in Kansas but turned to evangelism in 1903; he worked for the Central Methodist Conference for the next twenty years. Following that service, Runyan became pastor at the Federated Church at John Brown University, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Editor of Christian Workers Magazine, he also served the Moody Bible Institute and was an editor for Hope Publishing Company until his retirement in 1948. Runyan wrote a number of hymn texts, gospel songs, and hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Katherine A. Grimes

1877 - 1967 Author of "Teach Me Thy Will, O Lord" in Hymns of Faith Born: April 26, 1877, Argentine, Michigan. Died: September 3, 1967, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Grimes was the first child of Stephen and Ada Potter Atherton, and had seven brothers. In 1900, she married broom maker Elliot Grant Grimes in Vernon, Michigan. She had a stepdaughter, Corabelle Grimes Shorden, one son, Leon Elliot Grimes, and an adopted daughter, Mary Patricia Green Jacobs. She became a writer at an early age, and worked as an editor for the Southern Agriculturist magazine in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to writing, she was an accomplished pianist and a music teacher. In 1920, she and her son Leon worked for Dr. William Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institute, exploring the Anasazi Indian ruins at Mesa Verde, Colorado. In later years, she formed her own business, "Writer’s Aid," whereby she took a writers’ manuscripts and corrected and prepared them for submission for publication. --www.hymntime.com/tch/