Vital Union to Christ

Dear Savior! we are Thine, By everlasting bands

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 193 hymnals

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1 Dear Saviour! we are Thine,
By everlasting bands;
Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
Entirely to Thy hands.

2 To thee we still would cleave
With ever-growing zeal;
If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
Oh, let them ne’er prevail!

3 Thy Spirit shall unite
Our souls to Thee our Head;
Shall form in us Thine image bright,
And teach Thy paths to tread.

4 Death may our souls divide
From these abodes of clay;
But love shall keep us near Thy side,
Thro’ all the gloomy way.

5 Since Christ and we are one,
Why should we doubt or fear?
If He in heav’n has fixed His throne,
He’ll fix His members there.

Source: Gloria Deo: a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in all Departments of the Church #253

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Dear Savior! we are Thine, By everlasting bands
Title: Vital Union to Christ
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

GOLDEN HILL

Hymn Tune Index No. 15646. Earliest source is Ananias Davisson, Kentucky Harmony, 2nd ed. (Harrisonburg: Ananias Davisson, 1817), credited to Davisson there, but in the 3rd ed. (1819) it was unattributed. HTI notes the similarity between this tune and No. 4077b, WORCESTER, which traces to Andrew Law…

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #16203
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Harmonia Americana: containing a concise introduction to the grounds of music; with a variety of airs, suitable fore divine worship and the use of musical societies; consisting of three and four parts #47
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Instances

Instances (101 - 193 of 193)
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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #203

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Social Psalmist #102

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Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy #378

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #655

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Songs for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #152a

Songs for the New Life #d120

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1105

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1105

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1105

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1105

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1105

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #200

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #287

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Songs of the Church #476

Supplement to Watts #d94

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Temple Melodies #273

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The Academic Hymnal #200

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #608

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #154.608

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #929

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The Baptist Hymn Book #608

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The Baptist Hymn Book #194

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The Baptist Hymn Book #212

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #452

The Baptist Hymnal #452

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d121

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The Baptist Praise Book #810

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The Baptist Psalmody #529

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #406

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d139

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #449

The Choralist #d73

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The Christian Hymnal #229

The Christian Lyre #d84

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The Christian Melodist #272

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The Christian Psalmist #296

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The Church Hymnary #773

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d190

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #281

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The Cyber Hymnal #16203

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d144

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The Evangelical Hymnal #385

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #311

The Friends' Hymnal #d116

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The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a253

The Good Old Songs #d132

The Good Old Songs #594

The Gospel Hymnal #d116

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d64

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d132

The Hymnist #d29

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The Jubilee Harp #296

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The Lyrica #271

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The Manual of Praise for Sabbath and Social Worship #508

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d116

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad116

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The National Baptist Hymnal #438

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #203

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The New Harmonia Sacra #142b

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The New Laudes Domini #1001

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The Palm #164b

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d126

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #263

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #263

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The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #74

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The Psalmist #303

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The Psalmist #303

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #799

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The Psalms and Hymns #3e

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D330

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The Reformed Church Hymnal #397

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #176d

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d191

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d174

The Service of Praise #d68

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d104

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The Social and Sabbath School Hymn-Book. (5th ed.) #276

The Southern Psalmist #d163

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d172

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #372

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The Standard Church Hymnal #524

The Thanksgiving #d48

The Vestry Harp #d41

The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book #d87

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #328

The Young Convert's Companion #d28

Union Hymns #d96

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Worship in Song #631

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