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My Blest Redeemer
Verse 1
My blest Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in Thy Word;
But in Thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.
I read my duty in Thy Word;
But in Thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.
Verse 2
What truth and love Thy bosom fill!
What zeal to do Thy Father's Will!
Such zeal, and truth, and love divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.
What zeal to do Thy Father's Will!
Such zeal, and truth, and love divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.
Verse 3
Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer;
The desert Thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and Thy victory, too.
Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer;
The desert Thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and Thy victory, too.
Verse 4
Be Thou my pattern; make me bear
More of Thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name,
Among the followers of the Lamb.
More of Thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name,
Among the followers of the Lamb.
Doddridge's hymn celebrates the believer's security in Christ's redemptive work and intercession.