Savior, Look on Thy Beloved

Savior, look on Thy beloved

Author: William Williams
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Saviour, look on Thy beloved;
Triumph over all my foes;
Turn to happy joy my mourning;
Turn to gladness all my woes.

2 Live or die, or work or suffer,
Let my weary soul abide
In all changes whatsoever
Sure and steadfast by Thy side.

3 Nothing will preserve my goings
But salvation full and free;
Nothing will my feet dishearten
But my absence, Lord, from Thee.

4 Nothing can delay my pregress,
Nothing can distrub my rest
If I shall, where'er I wander,
lean my spirit on Thy breast.

Source: Hymns of the Church #650

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Author: William Williams

William Williams, called the "Watts of Wales," was born in 1717, at Cefn-y-coed, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. He originally studied medicine, but abandoned it for theology. He was ordained Deacon in the Church of England, but was refused Priest's Orders, and subsequently attached himself to the Calvinistic Methodists. For half a century he travelled in Wales, preaching the Gospel. He died in 1791. Williams composed his hymns chiefly in the Welsh language; they are still largely used by various religious bodies in the principality. Many of his hymns have appeared in English, and have been collected and published by Sedgwick. His two principal poetical works are "Hosannah to the Son of David," and "Gloria in Excelsis." --Annotati… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Savior, look on Thy beloved
Title:	Savior, Look on Thy Beloved
Author:	William Williams
Language:	English
Publication Date:	2011
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 2011.