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Worship — Adoration of Christ

Praise to thee, O dear Redeemer

  • No. 133
  • Words F E. Belden.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Praise to thee, O dear Redeemer,
For the riches of thy grace;
Bow, my soul, no idle dreamer,
Worship him who saves the race;
He who reigned with God on high,
He who laid his glory by:
Sing his praises, sing his praises,
Sing of him who came to die.

2

How shall mortal man adore thee,
Thou the high, Immortal One?
Sinful dust might bow before thee
While the countless ages run;
Yet 't were vain to worship thee
Unless love the motive be.
O my Saviour! O my Saviour!
Grant this gift of love to me.

3

Vain are all the words I've spoken,
Lord, to show that love is mine;
Godly life shall be the token
Of my love for things divine.
This I covet, this bestow,—
Strength to live aright below;
Then how much thy child doth love thee,
O my Saviour, thou shalt know!

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «133» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 49, below the music of hymn 132, with the reference line «501, 499, 95.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 501, 499 or 95); three numbered stanzas; «F E. Belden.» in italics at the right after stanza 3 — no stop is printed after the «F» (the author is F. E. Belden; the credit is transcribed as printed). The first word «PRAISE» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:», «?» and «!» («grace ;», «race ;», «by :», «One ?», «run ;», «Saviour !», «mine ;», «below ;», «know !»); it is closed up here. «'t were» (stanza 2) is printed with a space before the apostrophe and after «'t»; the curly apostrophes of «'t were» and «I've» are written straight. «This I covet, this bestow,—» with the comma and em dash as printed. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print, lines 5–6 and 8 further. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.7).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Adoration of Christ · No. 133 · printed page 49
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30