The Christian — Godly Life

Jesus, my Saviour, let me be

No. 631
Metre L. M.
Tune ANDRE.
Words Benjamin Beddome.
Music Unknown.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 4/4
5 stanzas

Words

Jesus, my Saviour, let me beMore 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 feelings in my breast,But such as Jesus oft expressed.

To others let me always giveWhat I from others would receive.Nor, when provoked, with anger burn,Nor evil word or act return.

This will proclaim how bright and fairThe precepts of the gospel are,And God himself, the God of love,His own resemblance will approve.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GODLY LIFE.»; hymn number «631» (large), tune name «ANDRE. L. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Je»: «1. Je - sus, my Saviour, let me be More perfect-ly conformed to thee; Implant each grace, each» / «sin dethrone, And form my temper like thine own, And form my tem - per like thine own.» The music sings the fourth line twice, printed out in full under the staves (first ending «own,», then «own.») — stanza 1 below gives the four verse lines once, as a poem, with the final reading «own.» (see `lyrics_syllables.txt` for the line exactly as printed). Under the staves only «Je - sus», «perfect-ly» and the second «tem - per» are hyphenated; «Saviour», «conformed», «Implant», «dethrone» and the first «temper» are printed whole under two notes. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «875, 431, 316.» in bold italic figures (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 875, 431 or 316; the PDF text layer reads «876», but the figure is the flat-topped italic 5 — see uncertainties.md), numbered «2»–«5» without periods (written «2.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book), followed by «Benjamin Beddome.» in italics (an ink blot hides the ascender of the first «d» of the surname). The print sets a thin space before «;» («thee ;», «need ;»); it is closed up here. All four lines of each stanza are set flush in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.