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[O Savior, I have promised]

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Saviour, I Have Promised

Author: John Ernest Bode Appears in 636 hymnals First Line: O Saviour, I have promised Topics: Dependence Used With Tune: [O Saviour, I have promised]

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Author: John Ernest Bode Hymnal: The Bright Array #152 (1889) First Line: O Saviour, I have promised Lyrics: 1 O Saviour, I have promised To serve Thee to the end; Be Thou forever near me, My Master and my Friend; I shall not fear the battle If Thou art by my side, Nor wander from the pathway If Thou wilt be my Guide. Refrain: Saviour, I have promised, Saviour, I have promised, Saviour, I have promised; O keep me to the end. 2 O Saviour, Thou hast promised To all who follow Thee That where Thou art in glory Thy servant there shall be. And Saviour, I have promised To serve Thee to the end; O give me grace to follow, My Master and my Friend. [Refrain] 3 O let me see Thy footprints, And in them plant mine own; My hope to follow duly Is in Thy strength alone. O guide me, call me, draw me, Uphold me to the end; And then in Heav’n receive me, My Saviour and my Friend. [Refrain] Scripture: John 12:26 Tune Title: [O Saviour, I have promised]

Saviour, I Have Promised

Author: John Ernest Bode Hymnal: The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School #15 (1886) First Line: O Saviour, I have promised Topics: Dependence Languages: English Tune Title: [O Saviour, I have promised]

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John Ernest Bode

1816 - 1874 Author of "Saviour, I Have Promised" in The Bright Array John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman ============== Bode, John Ernest, M.A., son of Mr. William Bode, late of the General Post Office, b. 1816, and educated at Eton, the Charter House, and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1837, and M.A. in due course. Taking Holy Orders in 1841, he became Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, 1847; and then of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860. He was also for a time Tutor of his College, and Classical Examiner. His Bampton Lectures were delivered in 1855. He d. at Castle Camps, Oct. 6, 1874. In addition to his Bampton Lectures, and Ballads from Herodotus, he published Hymns from the Gospel of the Day for each Sunday and Festivals of our Lord, 1860; and Short Occasional Poems, Lond., Longmans, 1858. In addition to his well-known hymn, “O Jesu, I have promised " (q. v.), the following from his Hys. from the Gospel are also in common use:— 1. God of heaven, enthroned in might. H. Trinity. 2. Spirit of Truth, indwelling Light. Whitsuntide. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Bode, John E. , p. 151, ii. Additional pieces from his Hys.from the Gospel of the Day, &c, 1800, are in common use :— (1) "Sweetly the Sabbath bell" (Sunday); (2) "Thou Who hast called us by Thy word" (20th S. after Trinity). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)