Christ My Song - 1914
'Tis to thee we owe allegiance
(Thomas Kelly/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
'Tis to thee we owe allegiance.
"The Lord is our King." (Isaiah 33,22)
1. 'Tis to thee we owe allegiance,
God our Saviour and our King:
may we render true obedience;
every day our tribute bring,
and with rapture, and with rapture,
of thy love and glory sing.
and with rapture, and with rapture,
of thy love and glory sing. PDF - Midi
2. May we bow to thy dominion,
yielding to thy righteous sway;
careless of the world's opinion,
may we all thy will obey:
Saviour lead us, Saviour lead us;
lead us in the perfect way.
Saviour lead us, Saviour lead us;
lead us in the perfect way.
3. Thine is greatness never-wasting:
high thou art, with glory crowned;
thine a kingdom everlasting:
Grace and Truth thy throne surround;
while all others, while all others
vanish, and no more are found,
while all others, while all others
vanish, and no more are found.
4. Happy they whom thou dost govern!
Great their peace, their honour great;
thee beholding, thee their Sovereign,
thee enthroned in royal state:
happy people, happy people
who before thee ever wait!
Happy people, happy people
who before thee ever wait!
5. O may we, through grace unbounded,
reach that place, that honour share!
thou, on whom our hopes are founded,
see us needing all thy care:
O preserve us! O preserve us!
Thee we serve, and thine we are.
O preserve us! O preserve us!
Thee we serve, and thine we are.
Thomas Kelly, Hymns on various passages of Scripture, ca. 1853, Hymn 123. Repetitions added.