by Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet (1612? - 1672)
What God is like to Him I serve?
Language: English
What God is like to Him I serve? What Saviour like to mine? O never let me from Thee swerve, For truly I am Thine. My thankful mouth shall speak Thy praise, My tongue shall talk of Thee; On high my heart O do Thou raise For what Thou'st done for me. Go worldlings to your vanities, And heathen to your gods; Let them help in adversities And sanctify their rods; My God He is not like to yours Yourselves shall judges be; I find His love, I know His power -- A succorer of me He is not man that He should lie, Nor son of man to unsay; His word He plighted hath on high, And I shall live for aye. And for His sake that faithful is, That died but now doth live, The first and last that lives for aye, Me lasting life shall give. July 8th, 1656
Text Authorship:
- by Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet (1612? - 1672), written 1656, appears in Meditations Divine and Moral [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ezra Sims (1928 - 2015), "What God is like to Him I serve?" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-16
Line count: 25
Word count: 151