Lord, as We Thy Name Profess

Lord, as we Thy Name profess,
May our hearts Thy love confess;
And in all our praise of Thee
May our lips and lives agree.

Make us resolute to do
What Thou showest to be true;
Make us hate and shun the ill,
Loyal to Thy holy will.

May Thy yoke be meekly worn,
May Thy cross be bravely borne;
Make us patient, gentle, kind,
Pure in life and heart and mind.

Gracious Savior, heav’nly Friend,
On Thy grace our souls depend;
Let that grace our needs supply
While we live and when we die.

Author: Edwin F. Hatfield

Year: 1840

This hymn text first appeared in Edwin F. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book (New York, 1840) under the title 'Lord, as we Thy name profess.' It is occasionally attributed to other 19th-century compilers or listed as anonymous in later hymnals, but Hatfield is the primary and most accepted author.