Lord, I am Thine is the third and final of hymn tunes that I wrote for my composition lessons in grad school. I did arrange this one into a choral arrangement, some few may remember (while I try to forget)
. This text is one of only two of Samuel Davies texts that are known to be written by him (or are at least available to the public). I came across Lord, I am Thine while researching for my American Hymnody class. If there was one consistency with my choice of texts for these three hymn tunes, it was this: that it (the text) should full of strong, doctrinally sound words conveyed in a beautiful and worshipful way and that text should be the driving force behind the composing of the tune and is harmonization.
This Davies text meant a lot to me when I wrote the melody and harmonized it. It speaks of our position in Christ that we have because of His “blood divine” and of what He has done for us. Because of the sacrifice of Christ, we ought to be compelled give our lives in full consecration. View and print the PDF here. Listen to a pianistic harmonization here.