Mr. Abraham Alade Sawyerr : Hymn EMHB 413 / YMHB 55

1.    HYMN EMHB 413 / YMHB 55 (Tune: Contemplation)

When all Thy mercies, O my God

1.    When all Thy mercies, O my God,

My rising soul surveys,

Transported with the view, I’m lost

In wonder, love and praise.

2.    Unnumbered comforts on my soul

Thy tender care bestowed,

Before my infant heart conceived

From whom those comforts flowed.

3.    Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths,

It gently cleared my way;

And through the pleasing snares of vice,

More to be feared than they.

4.    Ten thousand thousand precious gifts

My daily thanks employ;

Nor is the least a thankful heart,

That takes those gifts with joy.

5.    Through every period of my life

Thy goodness l’ll pursue;

And after death, in distant worlds,

The glorious theme renew.

6.    Through all eternity, to Thee

A grateful song l’ll raise;

But O eternity’s too short

To utter all Thy praise!

Olorun, ‘gbat’ okan mi wo

1.    Olorun, ‘gbat’ okan mi wo

Gbogbo anu re nla,

Iran na mu ki emi kun

Fun ‘yanu, ‘fe, iyin.

2.    Itoju Re fi aimoye

Itunu f’ okan mi,

K’ okan omode mi to mo

‘Bi ti ‘re na tin san.

3.    Larin ewu, ati ku,

O nto isise mi;

Ati n’nu ikekun ese

T’ o li eru julo.

4.    Fun egbegberun ebun Re,

Mo nsope lojojo;

Ati f’ okan t’o m’ ore Re,

Ti ngba won pel’ ayo.

5.    Ni gbogbo igba aiye mi

Ngo lepa ore Re;

Lehin iku, l’ aiye ti mbo,

Ngo tun ore Re so.

6.    Ngo ma korin ope si O,

Titi aiyeraye;

Sugbon aiye-raiye ko to

So gbogbo iyin Re.

Adesegun Akitoye
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