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Obedience

By Thy blessed word obeying, Lord

Author: Daniel S. Warner
Tune: [By Thy blessed word obeying] (Byers)
Published in 9 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 By Your blessed Word obeying,
Lord, we prove our love sincere;
for we hear You gently saying,
“Love will do as well as hear.”

Refrain:
Dear Redeemer, we would hallow
all Your Word, so firm and true,
in Your footsteps meekly follow;
Your commands we love to do.

2 Ev'ry precept You have spoken
is essential to our life;
all Your mandates are love's token,
to oppose them is but strife. [Refrain]

3 In Your wisdom, Lord, confiding
we will follow in Your way,
with Your love in us abiding
’tis delightful to obey. [Refrain]

4 Each commandment You have given
is a waymark on the road,
leading up from earth to heaven
to the blessed throne of God. [Refrain]

Source: Our Great Redeemer's Praise #431

Author: Daniel S. Warner

Warner, Daniel Sidney. (near Marshallville, Wayne County, Ohio, 1842--1895). Church of God. Reared on an Ohio farm. During the Civil War, he substituted for a brother. Later he taught school. He attended Oberlin College briefly in 1865. By 1867 he was licensed to preach by the Western Ohio Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennerian). His experience in preaching was gained on circuits in Nebraska and Ohio. In 1874 he was in trouble with the Eldership for preaching entire sanctification. Soon he joined the Indiana Eldership. In 1881 he was in trouble with this Eldership over sectism. Warner was an associate editor of the Herals of Gospel Freedom in 1878. this paper was merged with the Pilgrim about 1881, and the new paper was called th… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: By Thy blessed word obeying, Lord
Title: Obedience
Author: Daniel S. Warner
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Dear Redeemer, we would hallow
Copyright: Public Domain

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Evening Light Songs #121

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Our Great Redeemer's Praise #431

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Timeless Truths #385

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