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My Spirit Longs for Thee
Author: John Byrom Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 119 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My spirit longs for Thee
Within my troubled breast,
Though I unworthy be
Of so divine a Guest.
Of so divine a Guest
Unworthy though I be,
Yet has my heart no rest,
Unless it come from Thee.
2 Unless it come from Thee,
In vain I look around;
In all that I can see
No rest is to be found.
No rest is to be found
But in Thy blessed love;
O let my wish be crowned,
And send it from above!
Amen. Topics: Aspiration; Christ Strength and Refuge; Hope; Humility; Inner Life, The; Life in Christ Hope and Aspiration Scripture: Psalm 63:1 Used With Tune: FINGAL
My Spirit Longs for Thee
I Waited for the LORD
Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: God Goodness of; Obedience; Praise; Rejoicing in God; Salvation by Grace; Thankfulness; Waiting upon God Scripture: Psalm 40 Used With Tune: FINGAL Text Sources: The Book of Psalms for Worship, 2009; alt.
I Waited for the LORD
I Waited for the LORD
Hymnal: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #40B (2018) Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Topics: God Goodness of; Obedience; Praise; Rejoicing in God; Salvation by Grace; Thankfulness; Waiting upon God Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English Tune Title: FINGAL
I Waited for the LORD
I Waited for the LORD
Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #40 (2023) Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Topics: Confession and Propitiation Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English Tune Title: FINGAL
I Waited for the LORD
My spirit longs for Thee
Author: John Byrom (1691-1763) Hymnal: The Hymnal #508 (1950) Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Lyrics: 1 My spirit longs for Thee
Within my troubled breast,
Though I unworthy be
Of so divine a Guest.
Of so divine a Guest
Unworthy though I be,
Yet has my heart no rest,
Unless it come from Thee.
2 Unless it come from Thee,
In vain I look around;
In all that I can see
No rest is to be found.
No rest is to be found
But in Thy blessed love;
O let my wish be crowned,
And send it from above!
Amen. Topics: Orisons; Aspiration; Inner Life, The; Love and Communion; Peace, Spiritual Tune Title: FINGAL
My spirit longs for Thee
John Byrom
1692 - 1763 Person Name: John Byrom (1691-1763) Author of "My spirit longs for Thee" in The Hymnal John Byrom was born in 1691, at Manchester, where his father was a linen-draper. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, 1708; became a Fellow of the College in 1714; took his M.A. in 1716, and then proceeded to Montpelier, where he studied medicine. He afterwards abandoned medicine, settled in London, and obtained his living by teaching a system of shorthand, which he had projected. He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1724. He died Sept. 28, 1763. The first edition of Byrom's poems appeared in 1773, in two volumes. A more complete edition was published in 1814. Byrom did not seek publicity as an author, but wrote verses only for recreation.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872
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Byrom, John, M.A., F.R.S., born at Manchester, Feb. 29,1691-2, baptized the same day, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1712 ; M.A. 1715. He was elected a Fellow of his College in 1714. After studying medicine for a time at Montpellier, he returned to London, and earned his livelihood by teaching shorthand. Elected F.R.S. in 1724, and succeeded to the family estates about the same time. He died Sept. 28, 1763. His Poems were first published in 1773, in two volumes. In 1814 a more complete edition was issued by Nichols, of Leeds. From these Poems less than half a dozen hymns have come into common use. One of these, however, has a repu¬tation which has extended to all English-speaking countries. We refer to his "Christians, awake!" (q.v.). His hymn, "My spirit longeth for Thee," is also worthy of attention.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
John Byrom
