Tu reino amo, O Dios

Representative Text

1 Tu reino amo, ¡oh Dios!,
Tu casa de oración;
Y al pueblo que en Jesús halló
Completa redención.

2 Tu iglesia, mi Señor;
Su templo; su ritual;
La iglesia que guiando vas
Con mano paternal.

3 Por ella mi oración,
Mis lágrimas de amor,
Y mis cuidados y mi afán
Por ella son, Señor.

4 Un gozo sin igual
Me causa en ella estar;
Pues siempre allí tu comunión
Anhelo disfrutar.

5 Yo sé que durará,
Mi Dios, cual tu verdad;
Y victoriosa llegará
A Ti en la eternidad.



Source: Culto Cristiano #151

Author: Timothy Dwight

Timothy Dwight (b. Northampton, MA, 1752; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1817) was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards who became a Congregationalist pastor, a Revolutionary War army chaplain, a tutor and professor at Yale College, and president of Yale from 1795 to 1817. As president he continued to teach and serve as chaplain and was instrumental in improving both the academic and the spiritual life of the college. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Translator: Epigmenio Velasco

Epigmenio Velasco Urda was a choir director, pastor, poet, composer and journalist from Mexico City. Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992 Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Tu reino amo, O Dios
English Title: I love Thy kingdom, Lord
Translator: Epigmenio Velasco
Author: Timothy Dwight
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: Spanish
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. THOMAS (Williams)

ST. THOMAS is actually lines 5 through 8 of the sixteen-line tune HOLBORN, composed by Aaron Williams (b. London, England, 1731; d. London, 1776) and published in his Collection (1763, 1765) as a setting for Charles Wesley's text "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (570). The harmonization is by Lowell Maso…

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El Himnario Bautista de la Gracia #239

Praise y Adoración #314b

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