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I'm not asham'd to own my LORD,

Not ashamed of the Gospel, 2 Tim. i. 12.

Poet: Isaac Watts, 1707
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
I'm not asham'd to own my LORD,
Or to defend his Cause,
Maintain the Honour of his Word,
The Glory of his Cross.
Arlington 73b, Stanza 1
The Enquirer 74t, Stanza 1, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
The Inquirer 74t, Stanza 1, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
2
JESUS, my GOD! I know his Name,
His Name is all my Trust;
Nor will he put my Soul to Shame,
Nor let my Hope be lost.
Arlington 73b, Stanza 2
The Enquirer 74t, Stanza 1, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
The Inquirer 74t, Stanza 1, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
3
Firm as his Throne his Promise stands,
And he can well secure
What I've committed to his Hands,
'Till the decisive Hour.
The Enquirer 74t, Stanza 2, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
The Inquirer 74t, Stanza 2, Lines 1, 2, 3, & 4
4
Then will he own my worthless Name
Before his Father's Face,
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my Soul a Place.
The Enquirer 74t, Stanza 2, Lines, 5, 6, 7 & 8
The Inquirer 74t, Stanza 2, Lines 5, 6, 7, & 8
Watts, Isaac. Hymns and Spiritual Songs: In Three Books. 1773 ed. London: S. Strahan et. al., 1773.