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JESUS, MY SAVIOR, LET ME BE

Scripture Verse

Whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Roman 8:29

Introduction

Words: Ben­ja­min Bed­dome (1717–1795). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Adapt­ed to Pub­lic Wor­ship (Lon­don: Bu­rton & Briggs, 1818), num­ber 199.

Music: Con­for­mi­ty in A Com­pi­la­tion of Ge­nu­ine Church Mu­sic, by Jo­seph Funk (Win­ches­ter, Vir­gin­ia: J. W. Holl­is, 1832) (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

Jesus, my Sav­ior, let me be
More per­fect­ly con­formed to Thee;
Implant each grace, each sin de­throne,
And form my tem­per like Thine own.

My foe, when hun­gry, let me feed,
Share in his grief, sup­ply his need;
The haugh­ty frown may I not fear,
But with a low­ly meek­ness bear.

Let the en­ven­omed heart and tongue,
The hand out­stretched to do me wrong,
Excite no feel­ing in my breast,
But such as Je­sus once ex­pressed.

To others let me al­ways give
What I from oth­ers would re­ceive;
Good deeds for ev­il ones re­turn,
Nor when pro­voked, with an­ger burn.

This will pro­claim how bright ad fair,
The pre­cepts of the Gos­pel are!
And God Him­self, the God of love,
His own re­semb­lance will app­rove.