Prayer for Minister and People

Dearest Savior, help Thy servant

Author: Augustus Toplady
Tune: MERLO
Published in 31 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Dearest Saviour, help Thy servant
To proclaim Thy wondrous love!
Pour Thy grace upon this people,
That they may Thy love approve:
Bless, oh, bless them,
From Thy shining courts above.

2 Now Thy gracious word invites them
To partake the gospel-feast;
Let Thy Spirit sweetly draw them;
Ev'ry soul be Jesus' guest!
Oh, receive us,
Let us find Thy promised rest.

Source: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #31

Author: Augustus Toplady

Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Dearest Savior, help Thy servant
Title: Prayer for Minister and People
Author: Augustus Toplady
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 31 of 31)
Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #528

TextPage Scan

A Selection of Hymns #CCCLXV

Page Scan

Baptist Hymn Book #a473

TextPage Scan

Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #31

Page Scan

Book of Worship #31

Page Scan

Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #116

TextPage Scan

Hymns, Selected and Original #498

Page Scan

Hymns #498

Page Scan

Hymns #498

Page Scan

The Baptist Hymn Book #473

Page Scan

The Christian Harmonist #154

Page Scan

The Harp #777

Page Scan

The Harp. 2nd ed. #a777

A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d168

Page Scan

A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #44

Page Scan

A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #365

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Selected and Original. 7th ed. #d105

Page Scan

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #498

Page Scan

Hymns #498

Page Scan

Hymns #498

The Baptist Harmony #d88

The Baptist Harmony #d88

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d130

Page Scan

The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1083

Page Scan

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #S.LXVI

Page Scan

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #S.LXVI

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us