Bible Songs — Missionary Songs

Anywhere, Dear Saviour

No. 1260
Tune ANYWHERE, DEAR SAVIOUR.
Words W. A. O.
Music W. A. Ogden.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 3/4
3 stanzas

Words

Anywhere, dear Saviour,In thy vineyard wide,Where thou bidst me labor,Lord, there would I abide.Miracle of saving grace,That thou givest me a placeAnywhere, dear Saviour, to work for thee.

Where the night may find us,Surely matters not;If we camp with Jesus,O blessed is the spot!Quickly we the tent may fold,Cheerful march thro' storm or cold,Anywhere, dear Saviour, to work for thee.

All along the journey,Let us fix our eyesOn the "Rock of Ages,"Until we gain the prize.There the heart will make its home,Willing led by thee to roam,Anywhere, dear Saviour, to work for thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1260» (large, left), title «ANYWHERE, DEAR SAVIOUR.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials); on the next line «W. A. O.» at the left (words), the epigraph «"I will go in the strength of the Lord."—Ps. 71 : 16.» in the centre (old-style figures) and «W. A. OGDEN, by per.» at the right (music; capitals and small capitals, «by per.» in lower case). No meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line, no «CHORUS.». All three stanzas are interlinear, numbered «1.»–«3.» in system 1, three lines between the staves of each of the three systems; under the last four bars the three lines carry the same words, «A - nywhere, dear Saviour, to work for thee.», given here as the last line of every stanza. The stanzas are set here in their seven verse lines, each beginning with a capital as printed (the print runs them on under the staves). Words divided under the notes are joined («A - ny-where», «Sav - iour», «la - bor», «a - bide», «Mir - a - cle», «sav - ing», «giv - est», «Sure - ly», «mat - ters», «Je - sus», «bless - ed», «Quick-ly», «Cheer-ful», «a - long», «jour - ney», «A - ges», «Un - til», «Will - ing»). The print sets a thin space before «:» in «71 : 16»; it is closed up here; curly quotes and apostrophes are written straight. Spelling and punctuation are the print's («Saviour», «bidst», «labor», «thro'»; no stop after «eyes»).