I Love Thy Church
Timothy Dwight • English
Primary Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10
Verse 1
I love your church, O Lord! Her saints before you stand, dear as the apple of your eye and graven on your hand.
Verse 2
Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, her sweet communion, solemn vows, her hymns of love and praise.
Verse 3
I love your church, O God, the people you have called, the church our blest Redeemer saved with his own precious blood.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- deuteronomy 32:10
Reference 2
- psalms 17:8
Reference 3
- zechariah 2:8
Reference 4
- matthew 16:17-19
Reference 5
- 1-timothy 3:14-16