Our blest Redeemer ere He breathed
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Our blest Redeemer ere He breathed His tender last farewell, A guide, a comforter, bequeathed With us to dwell. |
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He came sweet influence to impart, A gracious, willing guest, While He can find one humble heart Wherein to rest. |
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And His that gentle voice we hear, Soft as the breath of even, That checks each fault, that calms each fear With peace of heav'n. |
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And every virtue we possess, And every victory won, And every thought of holiness, Are His alone. |
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Lord, in Thy purity and grace, Our weakness pitying see; Oh, make our heart Thy dwelling place, And worthier Thee. |
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Justin, Texas, United States
Found a link to the original work for those interested: it can be found from openlibrary. org, search for book title - Spirit of the Psalms - p. 147, 148.
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Oswald Chambers uses part of verse 4 in his great devotional book , My Utmost for his Highest. See the reading for December 30.
Detroit, MI, United States
Auber was a quiet Englishwoman known mainly for this one hymn on the Spirit. ... This hymn was composed in the privacy of her bedroom, where she had no paper or pen so she used her diamond ring and wrote it on a window pane.
She wrote other poetry included in the book "Spirit of Psalms" in 1829. Some other hymns she wrote are:
Bright was the guiding star that led
Hasten, Lord the glorious time
Sweet is the work, O Lord
With joy we hail the sacred day
-Songs of the Spirit by Martin