My Dear Redeemer and My Lord

Verse 1

My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.

Verse 2

Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father’s will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.

Verse 3

Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witness’d the fervor of thy prayer:
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and thy victory too.

Verse 4

Be thou my pattern; make me bear
More of thy gracious image here;
Then God the Judge shall own my name,
Amongst the followers of the Lamb.