My Dear Redeemer and My Lord

My dear Re­deem­er and my Lord

I read my du­ty in Thy Word;

But in Thy life the law ap­pears

Drawn out in liv­ing char­ac­ters.

Such was Thy truth

and such Thy zeal

Such de­fer­ence to Thy Fa­ther’s will

Such love and meek­ness so di­vine

I would tran­scribe and make them mine.

Cold mount­ains and the mid­night air

Witnessed the fer­vor of Thy pray­er:

The des­ert Thy temp­ta­tions knew

Thy con­flict

and Thy vic­to­ry

too.

Be Thou my pat­tern; make me bear

More of Thy gra­cious im­age here;

Then God the Judge shall own my name

Amongst the fol­low­ers of the Lamb.