My Strength, My Song

O blessed Christ, to Thee I come

Author: John R. Clements
Tune: [O blessed Christ, to Thee I come]
Published in 7 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 O blessed Christ, to Thee I come,
Great is Thy mercy, Lord, forever;
Come I, my Saviour, now to Thee,
Grant never-ending pardon to me:
Be Thou my strength, be Thou my stay,
Safe to Thy haven guide Thou my way.

2 O blessed Christ, to Thee I come,
Grant me forgiveness sweet, forever;
Keen is my sorrow for the past,
On Thee my burden, Saviour, I cast:
O Christ, my hope, hear Thou my cry,
Save or I perish, save or I die.

3 O blessed Christ, to Thee I come,
Thy holy name I’ll praise forever;
Now I can say by faith divine
Thou hast redeemed me, Lord, I am Thine:
Thou art my strength, Thou art my all,
Filled with Thy fulness I cannot fall.

4 O blessed Christ, to Thee I come,
Grant me Thy loving smile forever;
Oh, may I yet, with love untold,
In yonder mansion Thy face behold:
There trace Thy hand in all my life,
And know the meaning, Lord, of its strife.

Source: Hallowed Hymns, New and Old: for use in prayer and praise meetings, evangelistic services, sunday schools, young people's societies and all other departments of church work #70

Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O blessed Christ, to Thee I come
Title: My Strength, My Song
Author: John R. Clements
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Best Endeavor Hymns #46

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Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal #20

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Gospel Songs #102

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Hallowed Hymns, New and Old #70

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Hallowed Hymns, New and Old #70

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Hallowed Hymns #70

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Standard Hymns and Spiritual Songs #293

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