To Thee My Spirit Turns

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To Thee, O blessed Savior, My spirit turns for rest

Author: J. S. B. Monsell
Tune: ST. HILDA (Knecht)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 To Thee, O blessed Saviour,
My spirit turns for rest;
My peace is in Thy favour,
My pillow on Thy breast.

2 In Thee my trust abideth,
On Thee my hope relies,
O Thou whose love provideth
For all beneath the skies.

3 My grief is in the dulness
With which this sluggish heart
Doth open to the fulness
Of all Thou wouldst impart.

4 My joy is in Thy beauty
Of holiness divine;
My comfort in thy duty
That binds my life to Thine.

5 Give me a heart to love Thee
More truly as I ought,
And nothing place above Thee
In deed, or word, or thought.

6 Oh for that choicest blessing
Of living in Thy love,
And thus on earth possessing
The peace of heaven above!

Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #10

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Author: J. S. B. Monsell

John Samuel Bewley Monsell (b. St. Colomb's, Londonderry, Ireland, 1811; d. Guilford, Surrey, England, 1875) was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and served as a chaplain and rector of several churches in Ireland after his ordination in 1835. Transferred to England in 1853, he became rector of Egham in Surrey and was rector of St. Nicholas Church in Guilford from 1870 until his death (caused by a construction accident at his church). A prolific poet, Monsell published his verse in eleven volumes. His three hundred hymns, many celebrating the seasons of the church year, were issued in collections such as Hymns and Miscellaneous Poems (1837), Spiritual Songs (1857), Hymns of Love and Praise (1863), and The Parish Hymnal (1873). Bert P… Go to person page >

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First Line:	To Thee, O blessed Savior, My spirit turns for rest
Title:	To Thee My Spirit Turns
Author:	J. S. B. Monsell
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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ST. HILDA (Knecht)

The original form of ST. EDITH (also known as ST. HILDA) was composed in 1793 by Justin Heinrich Knecht for the text “Der neidern Menschhiet Hülle.” It was published in Vollstandige Sammlung … Choralmelodien (1799), edited by Johann Friedrich Christmann and Knecht, who composed ninety-seven o…

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