The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#480

480. To Thee, O dear, dear Savior!

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 for ever bound me
With threefold cords to Thee.

3 My grief is in the dullness
With which this sluggish heart
Doth open to the fulness
Of all Thou wouldst impart;
My joy is in Thy beauty
Of holiness divine,
My comfort in the duty
That binds my life in Thine.

4 Alas, that I should ever
Have failed in love to Thee,
The only one who never
Forgot or slighted me!
O for a heart to love Thee
More truly as I ought,
And nothing place above Thee
In deed, or word, or thought.

5 O for that choicest blessing
Of living in Thy love,
And thus on earth possessing
The peace of heaven above;
O for the bliss that by it
The soul securely knows
The holy calm and quiet
Of faith's serene repose!

Text Information

• First Line: To Thee, O dear, dear Savior!
• Author: John S.B. Monsell (1863)
• Meter: 7s, 6s. 8L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity; Peace and Joy

Tune Information

• Name: [To Thee, O dear, dear Savior!]
• Composer: A. Ewing, 1830—95
• Meter: 7s, 6s. 8L.
• Key: C Major