To Thee, Dear Savior

To thee, O dear, dear Savior! My spirit turns for rest

Author: John S. B. Monsell (1863)
Tune: SAVOY CHAPEL
Published in 79 hymnals

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1 To Thee, O dear, dear Savior!
My spirit turns for rest,
My peace is in Thy favor,
My pillow on Thy breast;
Though all the world deceive me,
I know that I am Thine,
And Thou wilt never leave me,
O blessed Savior mine.

2 In Thee my trust abideth,
On Thee my hope relies,
O Thou whose love provideth
For all beneath the skies;
O Thou whose mercy found me,
From bondage set me free,
And then forever bound me
With three-fold cords to Thee.

3 Alas, that I should ever
Have failed in love to Thee,
The only One who never
Forgot or slighted me!
O for that choicest blessing
Of living in Thy love,
And thus on earth possessing
A peace like that above.

Source: The New Christian Hymnal #114

Author: John 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 dear, dear Savior! My spirit turns for rest
Title: To Thee, Dear Savior
Author: John S. B. Monsell (1863)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

To Thee, O dear, dear Saviour. J. S. B. Monsell. [Rest and Peace in Jesus.] Published in his Hymns of Love and Praise, 1863, p. 172, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines. In a few collections it begins "To Thee, O blessed Saviour"; whilst a cento, opening with line 5 of stanza ii., "O Thou Whose mercy found me" is also in common use as in the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal, 1876.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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The Cyber Hymnal #6943

Hymns for Social Worship, Compiled for the Use of Canadian Baptist Churches #d306

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #173.602

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The Baptist Hymn Book #602

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d935

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #602

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #393

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #716

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Devotional hymns #241

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Songs for the Lord's House #263

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Songs of Praise #201

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Gems of Gospel Song #71

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Carmina Sanctorum #454

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #454

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Pilgrim Songs #89

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Hymns of the Faith #478

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The Choral Hymnal #145

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d661

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d663

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #376

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The Calvary Hymnal #268

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #102

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The New Laudes Domini #827

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The Church Hymnary #535

Songs of Praise and Devotion #d90

The Home and School Hymnal #170a

The Home and School Hymnal #170b

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The Hymnal for Schools #148

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The Hymnal #548

The New Era of Song #d157

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The Packer Hymnal #148

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In Excelsis #461

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Praise Songs #161

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #192

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Sursum Corda #437a

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Sursum Corda #437b

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The Chapel Hymnal #295

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The Institute Hymnal #131

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d798

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #163

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In Excelsis #a461

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Gloria Deo #254

The Hymnal for Schools #d191

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The Church Hymnary #209

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Hymns of the Christian Life. No. 3 #36

The Friends' Hymnal #d649

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #324

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The Methodist Hymnal #324

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Worship Song #199

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Church Hymns and Tunes #310

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #478

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Christ in Song #326

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #478

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Hymns of Worship and Service #206

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The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a254

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Songs for the Chapel #183

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Fellowship Hymns #178

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The Chapel Hymnal #295

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The Haverford School Hymnal #295

Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book with Tunes #d483

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The Hymnal #547

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Common Praise #425

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The Lutheran Hymnary #480

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The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #353

Book of Common Praise #d609

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #192

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Rodeheaver Collection for Male Voices #13

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The Evangelical Hymnal #235

Cân a Mawl #205b

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #371

The Book of Praise #443

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The Evangelical Hymnal. Text edition #235

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #484

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The Hymnal #547

In Excelsis for School and Chapel. l7th ed. #d279

The Haverford School Hymnal #d333

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The New Christian Hymnal #114

The Book of Common Praise #d630

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The Church Hymnal #264

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