Scripture Verse

We are Thine. Isaiah 63:19

Introduction

Words: Ar­thur T. Rus­sell, in the Dal­ston Hymns for Pub­lic Wor­ship, 1848.

Music: St. Ai­dan Fran­cis R. Grey, in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889), num­ber 199 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Grey or Rus­sell (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

O God of life, whose pow­er be­nign
Doth o’er the world in mer­cy shine,
Accept our praise, for we are Thine.

O Fa­ther, all-cre­at­ing Lord,
Be Thou by ev­ery tongue im­plored,
Be Thou by ev­ery heart ad­ored.

O Son of God, for sin­ners slain,
We wor­ship Thee, whose dy­ing pain
For us did end­less life regain.

O Holy Ghost, whose guard­ian care
Doth for us hea­ven­ly joys pre­pare
May we in Thy com­mun­ion share.

Father, pro­tect us here be­low;
Jesus, Thy mer­cy may we know;
O Holy Ghost, Thy pow­er be­stow.

O ho­ly, bless­èd Tri­ni­ty,
With faith we sin­ners bow to Thee,
In Hea­ven and earth ex­alt­ed be.