Scripture Verse

Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Psalm 103:2

Introduction

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John H. Livingston
(1764–1825)

Words: John H. Liv­ing­ston, in Vil­lage Hymns, by Asa­hel Net­tle­ton (Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut: Good­win, print­er, 1824), num­ber 379.

Music: Duke Street, at­trib­ut­ed to John Hat­ton, 1793 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

My soul, with hum­ble fer­vor raise
To God the voice of grate­ful praise;
And ev­ery men­tal pow­er com­bine,
To bless His at­trib­utes di­vine.

Deep on my heart let me­mo­ry trace
His acts of mer­cy and of grace;
Who, with a fa­ther’s ten­der care,
Saved me when sink­ing in des­pair:

Gave my re­pent­ant soul to prove
The joy of His for­giv­ing love;
Poured balm in­to my bleed­ing breast,
And led my wea­ry feet to rest.