More than sixty years ago my teacher, Mr Smythe, wanted to include this beautiful hymn in school assembly. Nobody wanted to sing a solo. He knew I had a good reading voice, and asked me to read the words. They have been with me ever since. When I visited my daughter's church in the UK, before COVID-19 struck, the musicians played and sang the hymn beautifully. At the end of the service one of the leaders came and sat next to me and asked, "Why are you crying Steve?" I told him how much the words meant to me, they are a gospel in miniature, and then he asked me to tell the whole church. I can't help but cry every time I hear the hymn. Jesus is everything to those who believe on His name.
1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art - thou my best thought, by day or by night; waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. 2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord. Thou my great Father; thine own may I be, thou in me dwelling and I one with thee. 3 Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise; thou mine inheritance, now and always; thou and thou only first in my heart, high King of heaven, my treasure thou art. 4 High King of heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Once again, through the very high power that is TH-cam, I meet a beautiful new voice never before heard...a super arrangement of this most famous hymn, and Nina is incredible beyond words.
+Sonja Knight exactly, verse three is missing of many versions and it takes away the great depth of soul because of the power of that much needed verse.
My fiance and I really love this piano/violin/soprano arrangement and would be interested in using it at our wedding if possible. Is there some way we could make that work? Thank you so much!
So beautiful. My favorite rendition of this hymn.
More than sixty years ago my teacher, Mr Smythe, wanted to include this beautiful hymn in school assembly. Nobody wanted to sing a solo. He knew I had a good reading voice, and asked me to read the words. They have been with me ever since. When I visited my daughter's church in the UK, before COVID-19 struck, the musicians played and sang the hymn beautifully. At the end of the service one of the leaders came and sat next to me and asked, "Why are you crying Steve?" I told him how much the words meant to me, they are a gospel in miniature, and then he asked me to tell the whole church. I can't help but cry every time I hear the hymn. Jesus is everything to those who believe on His name.
1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art -
thou my best thought, by day or by night;
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord.
Thou my great Father; thine own may I be,
thou in me dwelling and I one with thee.
3 Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise;
thou mine inheritance, now and always;
thou and thou only first in my heart,
high King of heaven, my treasure thou art.
4 High King of heaven, my victory won,
may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
I adore this song!! Thank you for providing the words so I could sing along. This song had been on my list of favorites for a long time.
BREATHTAKINGLY beautiful. Nina Negri's voice is both clear as crystal and rich as hot fudge. It is always a delight to hear her sing!
Very very beautiful!😍
May Jesus Christ bless you, Nina.
Greetings from Brazil😇
Once again, through the very high power that is TH-cam, I meet a beautiful new voice never before heard...a super arrangement of this most famous hymn, and Nina is incredible beyond words.
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for such sharing this.
A voice straight from Heaven.
Beautiful ❤
Beautiful voice 👍😃
Is this arrangement available for purchase? I would really love to use this arrangement for a wedding coming up but cannot find it online!
Wow
Lovely! Is there somewhere online that I can find this arrangement?
Has anyone found this arrangement / score available for purchase? I’ve been looking for the Tom Jennings arrangement online and can’t find it.
sadly all the nice versions miss out the battle verse... it makes my search so much longer to find the perfect one.... :(
it's beautiful😊
www.hymnary.org/hymn/VU1996/642
+Sonja Knight exactly, verse three is missing of many versions and it takes away the great depth of soul because of the power of that much needed verse.
The Robin Mark version has it! Enjoy.
th-cam.com/video/ykzZAODJSIE/w-d-xo.html
Here you go!
Transcendent.
My fiance and I really love this piano/violin/soprano arrangement and would be interested in using it at our wedding if possible. Is there some way we could make that work? Thank you so much!
Thanks Ethan! I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are asking.
I was wondering if I could get the piano/violin/vocal score that was arranged by tom Jennings. I've been looking for it and can't find it anywhere.
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