Redeemer
We Know Thee Who Thou Art
- Words:
- William Bright, 1865.
- Music:
- 'Sellinge' John Pyke Hullah, 1868.
- Setting:
- "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1904.
- Metre:
- 6 6 8 6
- 1We know Thee who Thou art,Lord Jesus, Mary's Son;We know the yearnings of Thy heartTo end Thy work begun.
- 2That sacred fount of grace,'Mid all the bliss of Heav'n,Has joy whene'er we seek Thy face,And kneel to be forgiv'n.
- 3Brought home from ways perverse,At peace Thine arms within,We pray Thee, shield us from the curseOf falling back to sin.
- 4We dare not ask to liveHenceforth from trials free;But oh! when next they tempt us, giveMore strength to cling to Thee.
- 5We know Thee who Thou art,Our own redeeming Lord;Be Thou by will, and mind, and heart,Accepted, loved, adored.
Scripture
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1865, the words are in 7 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Sellinge, is in 2 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.