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Savior, Teach Me
Verse 1
Savior, teach me day by day,
Love's sweet lesson to obey,
Sweeter lesson cannot be,
Loving Him who first loved me.
Love's sweet lesson to obey,
Sweeter lesson cannot be,
Loving Him who first loved me.
Verse 2
With a child's glad heart of love,
At Thy bidding may I move,
Prompt to serve and follow Thee,
Loving Him who first loved me.
At Thy bidding may I move,
Prompt to serve and follow Thee,
Loving Him who first loved me.
Verse 3
Teach me I am not my own,
I am Thine, and Thine alone;
Thine to keep, to rule, to save
From all sin that would enslave.
I am Thine, and Thine alone;
Thine to keep, to rule, to save
From all sin that would enslave.
Verse 4
Love in loving finds employ,
In obedience all her joy;
Ever new that joy will be,
Loving Him who first loved me.
In obedience all her joy;
Ever new that joy will be,
Loving Him who first loved me.
Verse 5
Teach me thus Thy steps to trace,
Strong to follow in Thy grace.
Learning how to love from Thee,
Loving Him who first loved me.
Strong to follow in Thy grace.
Learning how to love from Thee,
Loving Him who first loved me.
Jane Leeson's simple children's hymn first appeared in 'Hymns and Scenes of Childhood' in 1842 and has been set to several tunes, teaching the basic Christian lesson of loving others as God has first loved us.