My Savior, I would own Thee

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My Savior, I would own Thee

Author: Rebekah H. M. Taylor
Tune: MOUNT STIRLING
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 My Saviour, I would own thee
Amid the world's proud scorn,
The world that mocked and crowned thee
With diadem of thorn;
The world that now rejects thee
Makes nothing of thy love,
Counts not the grace and pity
That brought thee from above.

2 My Lord, my Master, help me
To walk apart with thee
Outside the camp, where only
Thy beauty I may see:
Far from the world's loud turmoil,
Far from its busy din,
Far from its praise and honor,
Its unbelief and sin.

3 Oh, keep my heart at leisure
From all the world beside,
In close communion, ever
Thus with thee to abide--
So all thy whispered breathings
Of love and truth to hear;
And hail thee with rejoicing,
When thou shalt soon appear.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient and modern #380

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Author: Rebekah H. M. Taylor

Taylor, Rebekah Hope, nèe Morley, eldest daughter of S. Morley, M.P., and wife of H. W. Taylor, a member of the Plymouth Brethren, is represented in the Enlarged London Hymn Book 1873, by:— 1. Blessed Saviour, I would praise Thee. Praise to Jesus. 2. My Saviour, I would own Thee. Steadfastness. 3. One more boundary passed o'er. New Year. 4. Thou art the Way, O Lord. The Way, Truth, and Life. Mrs. Taylor died Nov. 8, 1877. Her Letters were published in 1878. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) Go to person page >

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