And now, beloved Lord, Thy soul resigning

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And now, beloved Lord, Thy soul resigning

Author: Eliza S. Alderson
Published in 19 hymnals

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	Lacrymosa

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1 And now, beloved Lord, thy soul resigning
into thy Father’s arms with conscious will,
calmly, with reverend grace, thy head inclining,
the throbbing brow and labouring breast grow still.

2 Freely thy life thou yieldest, meekly bending
e’en to the last beneath our sorrows’ load,
yet, strong in death, in perfect peace commending,
thy spirit to thy Father and thy God.

3 Sweet Saviour, in mine hour of mortal anguish,
when ear grows dim, and round me falls the night,
O breathe thy peace, as flesh and spirit languish;
at that dread eventide let there be light.

4 To thy dear cross turn thou my eyes in dying;
lay but my fainting head upon thy breast;
those outstretched arms receive my latest sighing—
and then, O then, thine everlasting rest.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #148

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Author: Eliza S. Alderson

Alderson, Eliza Sibbald, née Dykes, granddaughter of the Rev. Thomas Dykes, of Hull, and sister of the Rev. Dr. Dykes, born in 1818, and married, in 1850, to the Rev. W. T. Alderson, some time chaplain to the West Riding House of Correction, Wakefield. Mrs. Alderson is the author of the following hymns, the first of which is likely to attain a commanding position:— 1. And now, beloved Lord, Thy soul resigning. [Passiontide.] A hymn of more than usual merit, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, written in 1868 at the request of Dr. Dykes. In 1875, stanzas i., ii., v. and vi., were given in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, No. 121, with a special tune Commendation by Dr. Dykes. The full original text is restored in Thring's… Go to person page >

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First Line:	And now, beloved Lord, Thy soul resigning
Author:	Eliza S. Alderson
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Luke 23:46
(hymns)

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And now, beloved Lord, Thy soul resigning. [Passiontide.] A hymn of more than usual merit, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, written in 1868 at the request of Dr. Dykes. In 1875, stanzas i., ii., v. and vi., were given in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, No. 121, with a special tune Commendatio by Dr. Dykes. The full original text is restored in Thring's Collection, 1882, No. 170.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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