Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him!

Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him! 

By: Thomas Kelly

Praise the Savior, ye who know Him! Who can tell how much we owe Him?

Gladly let us render to Him all we are and have.

Jesus is the name that charms us, He for conflict fits and arms us;

Nothing moves and nothing harms us while we trust in Him.

Trust in Him, ye saints, for ever; He is faithful, changing never. 

Neither force nor guile can sever those He loves from Him.

Keep us, Lord, O keep us cleaving to Thy self and still believing; 

'Till the hour of our receiving, promised joys with Thee.

Then we shall be where we would be; then we shall be what we should be;

Things that are not now, nor could be, soon shall be our own.

The author of this hymn, Thomas Kelly, was born on July 13, 1769. 

He was from Kellyville, Ireland, where his father was an Irish judge.  Thomas planned to follow in his father's footsteps, so he enrolled at Trinity College, Dublin, and majored in law. While at school, Thomas became a Christian. He believed the Lord was convicting him about the ministry, so following his graduation, he was ordained in the Irish Episcopal Church. 

Thomas was on fire for Christ, and his robust messages about justification by faith greatly troubled the Archbishop of Dublin. Soon, Thomas was forbidden to preach in that diocese, but he preached anyway. Besides being a scholar of the Bible and having a warm and winsome personality, he was also a man of means. Thomas devoted himself to helping those in need. He is remembered because of his acts of mercy during the Dublin famine of 1847. 

I didn't know this, but he wrote 765 hymns during his lifetime!  Many were published in 1802 in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns. Two years later, more were published under the title Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture. And in 1815, yet another volume was published entitled Hymns of Thomas Kelly Not Before Published. 

His best known hymn is "Look Ye Saints, the Sight is Glorious!"  

"Praise the Savior, Ye Who Know Him!" is perhaps the easiest and happiest song to sing. 

1 Chronicles 29:13

Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

Psalm 44:8

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Have a joyful Lord's day and a godly week, friends! 

with love, 

Ashley

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.