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Redeemer

Author: John Relly Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.8 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: My Redeemer, let me be

MENDOM

Appears in 6 hymnals Tune Key: a minor Incipit: 11751 71235 43211 Used With Text: My Redeemer let me be

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Hymnal: Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs #II.XVII (1776) Lyrics: 1 My Redeemer, let me be Quite happy at thy Feet, Still to know myself and thee, Be this my bitter sweet: Look upon my Infant State, And with a Father's yearning bless; Don't thy ransom'd Child forget, Nor leave me in Distress. 2 I have foolishly abus'd My Saviour's bleeding Love: All my Gifts, my God, misus'd, When by Temptation drove: Justly I deserv'd to be Forsaken by my Lord and God; Yet shall Justice plead for me, For whom thou shedst thy Blood. 3 Thy blest Smiles, my gracious Lord, Shall cheer my drooping Heart; I'm instructed in thy Word, That thou unchanging art: Draw me to the Depth profound Of all thy Sorrows, Blood and Sweat, Passing on, thro' ev'ry Wound, Unto thy Mercy Seat: 4 There, reclining on thy Breast, Th' eternal Sabbath find; Proving in thee perfect Rest To my poor lab'ring Mind; Waiting till my Lord I see, And be like him for-ever pure, At the heav'nly Jubilee, This bliss to me is sure. Languages: English

Redeemer

Author: John Relly Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CCXXXVIII (1792) Meter: Irregular First Line: My Redeemer, let me be Lyrics: 1 My Redeemer, let me be Quite happy at thy feet, Still to know myself and thee, Be this my bitter sweet: Look upon my infant state, And with a father's yearning bless; Don't thy ransom'd child forget, Nor leave me in distress. 2 I have foolishly abus'd My Saviour's bleeding love; All my gifts, my God, misus'd, When by temptation drove: Justly I deserve to be Forsaken by my Lord and God; Yet shall justice plead for me, For whom thou shedd'st thy blood. 3 Thy blest smiles, my gracious Lord, Shall cheer my drooping heart; I'm instructed in thy word That thou unchanging art: Draw me to the Depth profound Of all thy sorrows, blood and sweat, Passing on, thro' ev'ry wound, Unto thy mercy seat: 4 There, reclining on thy breast, Th' eternal Sabbath find; Proving in thee perfect rest To my poor lab'ring mind! Waiting 'till my Lord I see, And be like him forever pure, At the heav'nly jubilee, This bliss to me is sure. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament Scripture: Ephesians 1:7 Languages: English

My Redeemer let me be

Author: Relly Hymnal: The Psalm-singer's amusement #53 (1781) Lyrics: My Redeemer let me be quite happy at thy feet still to know my self and thee be this my better sweet Look upon my infant state and with a Father's yearnings bless don't thy ransom'd Child forget nor leave me in distress Languages: English Tune Title: MENDOM

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William Billings

1746 - 1800 Person Name: Billings Composer of "MENDON" in The American Vocalist William Billings (b. 1746; d. 1800) was an American choral composer, thought by some to be the father of American choral music. His father died when William was 14, and he was forced to drop all formal education and take up tanning to get by. With no formal musical training he began to compose, and his songs were well-loved and traveled quickly. However, due to unsubstantial copyright laws, Billings received hardly a penny from the publication of his music. After a period of fame and prosperity, his music was forgotten, and his last decade was one of decline. Married with six children, he died in poverty, though his music would be resurrected after his death and sung to this day. Laura de Jong

James Relly

1722 - 1778 Author of "My Redeemer, let me be" in Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs James Relly was born about 1722 at Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and died in 1778. He was converted to Christianity during the Great Awakening ushered in by George Whitefield. He worked under George Whitefield as a Calvinistic Methodist preacher and missionary. However, Whitefield and Relly separated ways over Relly's seemingly universalist teaching that all humanity was elect (i.e. saved) when Christ took the punishment for all sin when he died. He also departed from both the Calvinists and Methodists by taking the doctrine of Justification further, in teaching that believers no longer sin and the Law's sole purpose is to condemn humanity and point them to Christ. He was the mentor of John Murray, the founder of the Universalist Church of America. Relly along with his brother John wrote Christian Hymns, Poems and Spiritual Songs in 1758, which John Murray had republished in America in 1776. Dianne Shapiro; from an article by Alexander Gordon in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 48; Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography; and Disoriented. Reoriented. blog (https://disorientedtheology.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/all-shall-be-well-chapter-6-james-relly/)