MHB 672   – SAVIOUR, blessèd Saviour

Methodist-Hymns-672

1: SAVIOUR, blessèd Saviour,
Listen while we sing;
Hearts and voices ringing
Praises to our King:
All we have to offer,
All we hope to be,
Body, soul, and spirit,
All we yield to Thee.

2:  Nearer, ever nearer,
Christ, we draw to Thee,
Deep in adoration
Bending low the knee.
Thou for our redemption,
Cam’st on earth to die;
Thou, that we might follow,
Hast gone up on high.

3:  Clearer still and clearer
Dawns the light from Heaven,
In our sadness bringing
News of sin forgiven;
Life has lost its shadows,
Pure the light within;
Thou hast shed Thy radiance
On a world of sin.

4:   Onward, ever onward,
Journeying o’er the road
Worn by saints before us,
Journeying on to God;
Leaving all behind us,
May we hasten on,
Backward never looking
Till the prize is won.

5:  Higher, then, and higher,
Bear the ransomed soul,
Earthly toils forgetting,
Savior, to its goal;
Where in joys unthought of,
Saints with angels sing,
Never weary, raising
Praises to their King.