Scripture Verse

I am Thine. Psalm 119:94

Introduction

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Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)

Words: Ma­ry F. Maude, 1847.

Music: Dal­las, ar­ranged by Lo­well Ma­son from Lu­i­gi Cher­u­bi­ni (1760–1842) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Mary F. Maude (1819–1913)

It was writ­ten in 1847 in the Girls’ Sun­day School of St. Tho­mas, New­port, Isle of Wight, where her husband was vicar. It was published in 1848 at the be­gin­ning of a lit­tle book called ‘Twelve Let­ters on Con­fir­ma­tion,’ by a Sun­day School Teach­er, and re­print­ed in the Me­mo­ri­als, 1852.

Lyrics

Thine for­ev­er! God of love,
Hear us from Thy throne above;
Thine for­ev­er may we be
Here and in eter­ni­ty.

Thine for­ev­er! Lord of life,
Shield us through our earth­ly strife;
Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.

Thine for­ev­er! O how blest
They who find in Thee their rest!
Savior, guard­ian, hea­ven­ly friend,
O def­end us to the end.

Thine for­ev­er! Sav­ior, keep
These Thy frail and tremb­ling sheep,
Safe alone be­neath Thy care,
Let us all Thy good­ness share.

Thine for­ev­er in that day
When the world shall pass away;
When the trum­pet note shall sound,
And the na­tions un­der­ground

Shall the aw­ful sum­mons hear,
Which pro­claims the judg­ment near.
Thine for­ev­er, ’neath Thy wings
Hide and save us, King of kings.

Thine for­ev­er! Thou our guide,
All our wants by Thee sup­plied,
All our sins by Thee for­giv­en,
Lead by Thee from earth to Hea­ven.