Here, Savior, we would come

Representative Text

1 Here, Savior, we would come
in your appointed way
obedient to your high command,
our solemn vows to pay.

2 O bless this sacred rite
to make us whole and free.
Now may we serve with faithfulness
and love eternally.

Source: Chalice Hymnal #363

Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Here, Savior, we would come
Author: Benjamin Beddome
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Source: Verses from "Dear Saviour, tell us where" (Beddome)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

TRENTHAM

Robert Jackson (b, Oldham, Lancashire, England, 1842; d. Oldham, 1914) originally, composed TRENTHAM as a setting for Henry W. Baker's "O Perfect Life of Love" (380). Named for a village in Staffordshire, England, close to the town in which Jackson was born, the tune was published with the Baker tex…

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LABAN


DENNIS (Nägeli)

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) arranged DENNIS and first published it in The Psaltery (1845), a hymnal he compiled with George. Webb (PHH 559). Mason attributed the tune to Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) but included no source reference. Nageli presumably pu…

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #647

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Baptist Chorals #300

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Better Than Pearls #170

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Chalice Hymnal #363

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #630

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d352

Christian Worship #450

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Church Choral-Book #289

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Church Harmonies #765

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Hymns and Tunes #158

Hymns for Second Advent Believers #d40

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d409

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d257

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The Baptist Praise Book #763

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The Baptist Psalmody #904

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The Christian Hymn Book #388

The Christian Psalmist #d254

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The Gospel Psalmist #577

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d230

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The Praise Hymnary #398

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The Psalmist #809

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The Psalmist #809

The Sanctus #d96

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1087

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The Voice of Praise #476

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