To thee, my God and Saviour
To thee, my God and Saviour. Thomas Haweis* (1734-1820).
From Haweis’s Carmina Christo; or, Hymns to the Saviour (Bath, 17920), with the heading ‘Psalm xcvi’ and the words ‘Be telling of his salvation from day to day’. It had three stanzas:
To thee my God and Saviour, My heart exulting sings,Rejoicing in thy favor, Almighy King of kings.I’ll celebrate thy glory, With all thy saints above,And tell the joyful story, Of thy redeeming love.
Soon as the morn with roses, Bedecks the dewy east,And when the sun reposes Upon the ocean’s breast;My voice in supplication, Well pleased thou shalt hear,O grant me thy salvation, And to my soul draw near.
By thee through life supported,
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