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Text:And Dost Thou Say
Author:John Newton
Tune:HESPERUS
Composer:Henry Baker
Media:MIDI file

170. And Dost Thou Say

1. And dost Thou say, Ask what thou wilt?
Lord, I would seize the golden hour;
I pray to be released from guilt,
And freed from sin and Satan’s power.

2. More of Thy presence, Lord, impart,
More of Thine image let me bear;
Erect Thy throne within my heart,
And reign without a rival there.

3. Give me to read my pardon sealed,
And from Thy joy to draw my strength;
To have Thy boundless love revealed
In all its height, and breadth, and length.

4. Grant these requests—I ask no more,
But to Thy care the rest resign;
Living or dying, rich or poor,
All shall be well if Thou art mine.

Text Information
First Line: And dost Thou say, Ask what thou wilt?
Title: And Dost Thou Say
Author: John Newton (1779)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779). Newton's original, longer, version began "If Solomon for wisdom prayed." The shorter version below appeared in the Arminian Magazine, 1781
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HESPERUS
Composer: Henry Baker (1854)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 33351 22355 54234
Key: F Major
Source: A Hymnal for Use in the English Church, by J. Grey, 1866.
Copyright: Public Domain



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