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My Precious Lord

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My precious Lord, for Thy dear name

Published in 18 hymnals

Representative Text

1 My precious Lord, for thy dear name
I bear the cross, despise the shame;
Nor do I faint, while thou art near;
I lean on thee; how can I fear?

2 No other name but thine is given
To cheer my soul, in earth or heaven,
No other wealth will I require;
No other friend can I desire.

3 Yea, into nothing would I fall
For thee alone, my all in all;
To feel thy love, my only joy,
To tell thy love my sole employ.

Source: Triumphant Songs No.2 #330

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	My precious Lord, for Thy dear name
Title:	My Precious Lord
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

SESSIONS

FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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Page Scans

Song-Land Messenger Complete: a new song book for revivals, praise and prayer meetings, singing and Sunday schools, and churches, and for the home circle (1894), p.46

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 18 of 18)

Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #407

Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #407

Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #617

Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #561

Song Land Melodies #d115

Song-Land Messenger Complete #42

Songs for the Service of Prayer #146

Songs of Praise #112

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #484

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #120.484

The Baptist Hymn Book #484

The Baptist Praise Book #884

The Christian Hymn Book #553

The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #591

The Gospel Alarm #d98

The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #292c

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d666

Triumphant Songs No.2 #330

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