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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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My Redeemer, let me be  
My Redeemer, let me be  
Quite happy at thy feet;  
Quite happy at thy feet;  
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And with a father’s yearning bless;  
And with a father’s yearning bless;  
Don’t thy ransom’d child forget,  
Don’t thy ransom’d child forget,  
Nor leave me in distress.
Nor leave me in distress.}}
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I have foolishly abused
I have foolishly abused
My Saviour's bleeding love;
My Saviour's bleeding love;
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Forsaken by my Lord and God ;
Forsaken by my Lord and God ;
Yet shall justice plead for me,
Yet shall justice plead for me,
For whom Thou shed'st Thy blood.
For whom Thou shed'st Thy blood.}}
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Thy blest smiles, my gracious Lord,
Thy blest smiles, my gracious Lord,
Shall cheer my drooping Heart;
Shall cheer my drooping Heart;
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Of all Thy sorrows, blood and sweat,
Of all Thy sorrows, blood and sweat,
Passing on, through every Wound,
Passing on, through every Wound,
Unto Thy mercy seat.
Unto Thy mercy seat.}}
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There, reclining on thy breast,
There, reclining on thy breast,
Th'eternal Sabbath find;
Th'eternal Sabbath find;
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And be like Him forever pure,
And be like Him forever pure,
At the heavenly jubilee,
At the heavenly jubilee,
This bliss to me is sure.
This bliss to me is sure.}}
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General Information

Title: Mendom
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: James Relly

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1781

Description: First published in The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, 1781, p. 53. Revised by Billings in 1786. Words by James Relly, 1758, his Hymn 17 of Part 2.

External websites: http://www.mrlauer.org/music/

Original text and translations

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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.

 

I have foolishly abused
My Saviour's bleeding love;
All Thy gifts, my God, misused,
When by temptation drove :
Justly I deserved to be
Forsaken by my Lord and God ;
Yet shall justice plead for me,
For whom Thou shed'st Thy blood.

 

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, through every Wound,
Unto Thy mercy seat.

 

There, reclining on thy breast,
Th'eternal Sabbath find;
Proving in Thee perfect Rest
To my poor laboring mind;
Waiting till my Lord I see,
And be like Him forever pure,
At the heavenly jubilee,
This bliss to me is sure.

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