Blest Savior, we thy will obey

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Blest Savior, we thy will obey

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Tune: EUCHARIST (Woodbury)
Published in 20 hymnals

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1 Blest Saviour, we thy will obey;
Not of constraint, but with delight,
Thy servants hither come today
To honor thine appointed rite.

2 With faith in thy blest name we come,
The Spirit's cleansing power confess;
O Saviour, from thy heavenly home
Confirm the covenant of thy grace!

3 Descend, descend, Celestial Dove,
On these dear followers of the Lord;
Exalted Head of all the church,
Thy promised aid to them afford.

4 Let faith, assisted now by signs,
The wonders of thy love explore;
And, washed in thy redeeming blood,
Let them depart and sin no more.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1079

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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