O Savior, I have promised

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O Savior, I have promised

Author: John E. Bode
Tune: [O Savior, I have promised]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O Saviour, I have promised
To serve Thee to the end;
Be Thou forever near me,
My Master and my Friend;
I shall not fear the battle
If Thou art by my side,
Nor wander from the pathway
If Thou wilt be my Guide.

Refrain:
Saviour, I have promised,
Saviour, I have promised,
Saviour, I have promised;
O keep me to the end.

2 O Saviour, Thou hast promised
To all who follow Thee
That where Thou art in glory
Thy servant there shall be.
And Saviour, I have promised
To serve Thee to the end;
O give me grace to follow,
My Master and my Friend. [Refrain]

3 O let me see Thy footprints,
And in them plant mine own;
My hope to follow duly
Is in Thy strength alone.
O guide me, call me, draw me,
Uphold me to the end;
And then in Heav’n receive me,
My Saviour and my Friend. [Refrain]

Source: The Bright Array #152

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Author: John E. Bode

John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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