…because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19
Words: C. Austin Miles, The Magnificat (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack, 1923), number 77.
Music: New World from Symphony No. 9, Movement II, by Antonín Dvořák, 1893 (🔊 pdf nwc). Dvořák wrote the symphony while director of the National Conservatory of Music of America.
There is One whom I love,
Who has placed me here,
That for Him I might sing
Words of love and cheer.
May I then be faithful
To the work thus giv’n.
And of Him be approved,
And that shall be heav’n:
And of Him be approved,
And that shall be heav’n.
Since His will is revealed
In His written word,
He commands that I walk
With my loving Lord.
O may I faithful be
To His word alway,
Walk with Him, trusting Him
Thro’ the night and day;
Walk with Him, trusting Him
Thro’ the night and day.
Then will I do His will
As to me revealed,
Nor to doubt nor despair
Shall I ever yield,
But to Him ever go,
Should I be distressed,
Knowing well I shall find
Comfort there and rest;
Knowing well I shall find
Comfort there and rest.