Lord, be thy word my rule
Lord, be thy word my rule. Christopher Wordsworth* (1807-1885).
This is a short confirmation hymn of two stanzas, first published in the Sixth Edition of The Holy Year (1872):
Lord, be Thy word my rule, In it may I rejoice;Thy glory be my aim, Thy holy will my choice;
Thy promises my hope; Thy providence my guard;Thine arm my strong support; Thyself my great reward.
I. H. S. Stratton, writing in the Bulletin of the Hymn Society 113 (1968), pp. 230-1, points out that the hymn derives from a prayer for Ash Wednesday in Robert Nelson’s Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England (1704). A further note by D. M. Sale in Bulletin 114 (1968/69), pp. 255-6, shows that the...
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