Thee will I bless the faithful Guide

Author: James Merrick
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Thee will I bless, the faithful Guide,
Whose Counsels o'er my Life preside:
For Thee my Heart, for Thee my Tongue
Shall meditate the grateful Song.

2 Blest Object of my Soul's Desire!
To Thee my grateful Thoughts aspire:
On Thee my stedfast Hope I build,
My God, my Rest, My Rock, my Sheild!

3 Yes; Mightiest Lord! My Soul has known
Thy Love in Man's Redemption shewn;
And owns the Bliss by Thee ordain'd
To Each, who bears a Heart unstain'd.

4 By thy unerring Guidance led,
Life's Maze I yet securely tread;
And wait, 'till thy appointed Hour
The promis'd Blessing round me pour.

5 My Heart, my Flesh, may fail: But Thee
My lasting Heritage I see:
Thy Strength my fainting Spirit chears,
And checks my Grief, and calms my Fears.

Source: Psalms and Hymns, selected for the use of the Parish-Church of Boston #146

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Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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