Sunday's Hymn: My Dear Redeemer and My Lord

This Sunday’s featured hymn was unfamiliar to me and might be unfamiliar to you, too. Thankfully, there were a couple of videos of it, one featuring sacred harp singing, which I love. (If sacred heart singing is new to you, here’s an explanation of how it works.)

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 def’rence 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 vict’ry too.

Be thou my pattern; make me bear
More of thy gracious image here:
Then God the Judge shall own my name
Amongst the foll’wers of the Lamb.

 —Isaac Watts

Other hymns of worship songs for this Sunday:

• All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name at The Happy Wonderer