I take Thy promise, Lord, in all its length

I take Thy promise, Lord, in all its length. Henry Legh Richmond Deck* (1853-1910). First published in Hymns of Consecration and Faith (1902), it was based on Matthew 28:20 (‘lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world’). It is a prayer for Christ to be with the singer in all days and times. It became popular in hymn books such as Golden Bells (1925 edition, sub-titled ‘Hymns for Young People’) and those associated with the Keswick Convention*, such as the 1902 hymnal above and the Keswick Hymn-Book (1938). It was dropped from Keswick Praise (1975), but is still found in Christian Praise (1957) and Christian Worship (Exeter, Paternoster Praise, 1976), where it is among the...