One of my favorite hymns is the beautiful Be Thou My Vision”(source). It is a hymn derived from an 8th century Irish folk song. It expresses a desire for Gods hand in our lives and a longing tobe in His presence.<\/p>\n
The first words are credited to Dallan Forgaill in a work entitled, Rob tu mo bhoile, a Comdi cride. Mary Bryne, in Dublin, Ireland, first translated the entire Irish folk song into English in 1905. Eleanor H. Hull converted the lyrics to “Be Thou My Vision” into verse in 1912.<\/p>\n
The folk song got its start in Ireland around 433 AD, when on the night before Easter; St. Patrick defied a royal decree by lighting candles. High King Logaire of Tara had traditionally lit a fire beginning a pagan spring festival. It was his order that no one could light a fire before him on this night. When Logaire learned of St. Patricks arrogance, he was so impressed he let him continue services.<\/p>\n
Because of St. Patricks bravery, or perhaps ignorance, ” Be Thou My Vision” has come from being a simple folk song to a hymn that is known for its gentleness (source 1, source 2).<\/p>\n
May our souls be enriched and uplifted by the words expressed in this hymn:<\/p>\n
\nBe Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;<\/strong>
<\/strong> Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.<\/strong>
<\/strong> Thou my best thought, by day or by night,<\/strong>
<\/strong> Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong>Be Thou my Wisdom, Thou my true Word;<\/strong>
<\/strong> I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord;<\/strong>
<\/strong> Thou my great Father, I thy true son;<\/strong>
<\/strong> Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong>Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for my fight,<\/strong>
<\/strong> Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight.<\/strong>
<\/strong> Thou my soul’s shelter, Thou my high tower.<\/strong>
<\/strong> Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong>Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,<\/strong>
<\/strong> Thou mine inheritance, now and always:<\/strong>
<\/strong> Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,<\/strong>
<\/strong> High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong>High King of heaven, my victory won,<\/strong>
<\/strong> May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’ns Son!<\/strong>
<\/strong> Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,<\/strong>
<\/strong> Still be my vision, O ruler of all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of my favorite hymns is the beautiful Be Thou My Vision”(source). It is a hymn derived from an 8th century Irish folk song. It expresses a desire for Gods hand in our lives and a longing tobe in His presence. The first words are credited to Dallan Forgaill in a work entitled, Rob tu … Continue reading ““Be Thou My Vision” – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}