SUNDAY HYMNS, PART 14 OF 22: PRAISE THE SAVIOR, YE WHO KNOW HIM

 

Finches at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Praise the Savior, ye who know Him!

Who can tell how much we owe Him?

Gladly let us render to Him

All we are and have.

Jesus is the name that charms us;

He for conflict fits and arms us;

Nothing moves and nothing harms us

While we trust in Him.

Trust in Him, ye saints, forever;

He is faithful, changing never;

Neither force nor guile can sever

Those He loves from Him.

Keep us, Lord, O keep us cleaving

To Thyself and still believing,

Till the hour of our receiving

Promised joys with Thee.

Then we shall be where we would be, 

Then we shall be what we should be;

Things that are not now, nor could be,

Soon shall be our own.

NOTES ON HYMN:

• While this is in the Worship & Service hymnal, I was introduced to the first verse by singing the first verse to the tune of "Alleluia", though the last line is a little edited to fit the Long Meter (8,8,8,8) of "Alleluia."
• One thing I like about the words to this hymn is that it flows from one verse to the next.