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My God, permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.
Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Savior, go?
Call me away from flesh and sense,
One sovereign word can draw me thence;
I would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.
Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn,
Let noise and vanity be gone;
In secret silence of the mind
My heaven, and there my God, I find.
---Alternative verses---
Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cling to things below.
And let my God, my Saviour, go?
Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below.
And all my purest joys forego?
Call me away from flesh and sense;
Thy grace, O Lord, can draw me thence:
I would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Dates:
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1707-1709
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Bible Refs:
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Gal 5:17;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1854 | # 221 | | 1851 | # 330 | | | # 122 | | 1826 | # 57 | | 1866 | # 811 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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HAMBURG (BOSTON)
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1824,1825
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 82 | F | | # 323 | F | | # 495 | F | | # 213 | F | | # 293 | F | | # 336 | F |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) |
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