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Blest be thy love, dear Lord

Author: William Birchley
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	LIFT HIGH THE CROSS

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1 Blest be Thy love, dear Lord,
That taught us this sweet way,
Only to love Thee for Thyself,
And for that love obey.

2 O Thou, our soul's chief hope,
We to Thy mercy fly;
What'er we are Thou canst protect,
What'er we need, supply.

3 Whether we sleep or wake,
To Thee we both resign;
The darkest night is as the day,
If Thy light on us shine.

4 Whether we live or die,
Both we submit to Thee;
In death we live, as well as life,
If Thine in death we be.

Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #388

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DENNIS (Nägeli)

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) arranged DENNIS and first published it in The Psaltery (1845), a hymnal he compiled with George. Webb (PHH 559). Mason attributed the tune to Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) but included no source reference. Nageli presumably pu…

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book (1918), p.618

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Instances (1 - 50 of 50)	Title	First Line	Tune	Author	Meter	Date	Subject
50 Hymns and Tunes: arranged for the Girl's High School, Boston: and adapted to school and home use #47	Blest be Thy love, Dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, Dear Lord				1876
Book of Hymns for the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States #d35	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1920
Book of Hymns for the joint Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and other states #d32	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1913
Christian Praise: a manual of worship for public, social and private devotion #285	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1880
Christian Praise: hymns and tunes for public worship #243	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1870
Christian Praise: hymns and tunes for the use of the Baptist churches #243	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1871
Coronation Songs #d25	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1897
Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book with Tunes #388	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1912
Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #245	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord			S. M.	1893	The Christian Life \| Trust in God
Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #388	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord			S. M.	1918	Sanctification \|
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal #404	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord			S. M.	1880	Christian Life and Hope \| ; The Walk of Godliness \| Christian Resolve and Holiness
Evangelical Lutheran hymnal: with music #404	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	DENNIS	John Austin	S. M. No. 3	1908	Christian Life and Hope \| The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnbook (Lutheran Conference of Missouri and Other States) #d42	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1889
Gloria Deo: a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in all Departments of the Church #223	Blest Be Thy Lord, Dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	STATE STREET	John Austin		1901	Love of Christ \|
Good as Gold: A New Collection of Sunday School Songs #139b	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1880
Good Will Songs: a Compilation of Hymns and Tunes #234	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1890
Harmony in Praise #d18	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1890
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d68	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1878
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #63	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1883
Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #507	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord		John Austin, 1613-1669		1874
Hymns for Social Worship, Compiled for the Use of Canadian Baptist Churches #d31	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1869
Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #262	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		Austin		1869
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship: with tunes #562	Bless'd be thy love, dear Lord!	Bless'd be thy love, dear Lord!		John Austin		1874
Hymns of Devotion #d19	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1928
Hymns of the Ages for Public and Social Worship #268	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1891
Hymns of the Ages for Public and Social Worship, Approved and Recommended ... by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2nd ed. #d52	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1893
Hymns of the Church Universal #406	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1890
Hymns of the Higher Life #77	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		F. Austin		1868
In Excelsis: hymns with tunes for Christian worship #520	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord		J. Austin		1897
Singing on the Way: a collection of hymns and tunes for Sunday schools, social worship and congregations #88b	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord		J. Austin		1882
Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d53	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1880
The Book of Praise #d32	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1865
The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #416	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1873
The Christian Hymn Book: a compilation of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, original and selected (Rev. and enl.) #916	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord				1866
The Christian Hymnal, Hymns with Tunes for the Services of the Church #143	Blest be thy love dear Lord	Blest be thy love dear Lord				1867
The Church Hymnary: a collection of hymns and tunes for public worship #452	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1893
The Church Praise Book: a selection of hymns and tunes for Christian worship #258	Bless'd be Thy love, dear Lord!	Bless'd be Thy love, dear Lord!		John Austin		1881
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs": for public, social and family worship and private devotions at the Sanitarium, Clifton Springs, N. Y. #981	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord		John Austin, 1613-1669		1881
The College Hymnal: for divine service at Yale College in the Battell Chapel #429	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord	Blest be Thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1876
The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #d62	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1905
The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d43	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1901
The New Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in Baptist churches #1051	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1892	The Church of God \| The Lord's Supper
The People's Hymnal: for use in public and social worship #302	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1890
The Plymouth Hymnal #d54	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1893
The Presbyterian Hymnal #273	Blessed be thy love, dear Lord!	Blessed be thy love, dear Lord!				1874
The Presbyterian Hymnal #273	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord				1878	The Lord Jesus Christ \| Affections and Duties
The Reformed Church Hymnal: with tunes #39	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1878
The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d90	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1871
Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d47	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		John Austin		1904
Worship in Song: a selection of hymns and tunes for the Service of the Sanctuary #465	Blest be thy love, dear Lord	Blest be thy love, dear Lord		J. Austin		1880