February 24, 2005

Savior, Teach Me, Day by Day

Jane Eliza Leeson, 1807-1882

    Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me. John 14:23, 24..

    Jane Eliza Leeson was a rather unknown English writer of religious verse. She was a member of a strange and spurious sect known as the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. In later life Miss Leeson became a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Savior, Teach Me, Day by Day was originally written for children.
    Other hymns by Jane Leeson include:

• A Little Child May Know
• Dear Saviour, to Thy Little Lambs
• Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd
• Have Ye Counted the Cost?
• In the Dark and Silent Night
• Jesus Christ, My Lord and King
• King of Saints and King of Glory
• Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
• Savior, Teach Me, Day by Day
• Songs of Glory Fill the Sky
• Stand We Prepared to See and Hear
• Sweet the Lesson Jesus Taught
• Wake the Song, O Zion’s Daughter
• Wake, Ye Saints, the Song of Triumph

Savior, teach me day by day
Love’s sweet lesson to obey,
Sweeter lesson cannot be,
Loving Him Who first loved me.

With a child’s glad heart of love
At Thy bidding may I move,
Prompt to serve and follow Thee,
Loving Him Who first loved me.

Teach me thus Thy steps to trace,
Strong to follow in Thy grace,
Learning how to love from Thee,
Loving Him Who first loved me.

Love in loving finds employ,
In obedience all her joy;
Ever new that joy will be,
Loving Him Who first loved me.

Thus may I rejoice to show
That I feel the love I owe;
Singing, till Thy face I see,
Of His love Who first loved me.