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Teach me, my God and King
592
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Metric Index
SM
Modality
Eâ™ Major
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author
George Herbert [1593-1633]
Composer
Charles Lockhart [1745-1815]
Language
English
Publication Date
1985
Last Five Uses
• Used on Sep 01, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jul 24, 2022 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 06, 2022 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 31, 2021 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 10, 2017 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jul 24, 2022 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 06, 2022 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 31, 2021 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 10, 2017 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
Poem Words (Four verses)
1.
Teach me, my God and King,
in all things thee to see,
and what I do in anything,
to do it as for thee.
in all things thee to see,
and what I do in anything,
to do it as for thee.
2.
All may of thee partake;
nothing can be so mean,
which with this tincture, "for thy sake,"
will not grow bright and clean.
nothing can be so mean,
which with this tincture, "for thy sake,"
will not grow bright and clean.
3.
A servant with this clause
makes drudgery divine:
who sweeps a room, as for thy laws,
makes that and the action fine.
makes drudgery divine:
who sweeps a room, as for thy laws,
makes that and the action fine.
4.
This is the famous stone
that turneth all to gold;
for that which God doth touch and own
cannot for less be told.
that turneth all to gold;
for that which God doth touch and own
cannot for less be told.
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