Hymn
Our Example
And is the gospel, peace and love?
Such let our conversation be:
The serpent blended with the dove,
Wisdom and meek simplicity.
Whene'er the angry passions rise,
And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife,
To Jesus let us lift our eyes,
Bright pattern of the Christian life!
O how benevolent and kind!
How mild! how ready to forgive!
Be this the temper of our mind,
And these the rules by which we live.
To do his heavenly Father's will,
Was his employment and delight;
Humility and holy zeal
Shone thro' his life, divinely bright!
Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labours of his life were love;
O, if we love the Savior's name,
Let his divine example move.
Thy fair example may we trace,
To teach us what we ought to be;
Make us by thy transforming grace,
Dear Saviour, daily more like thee.
Our Example — Text from A Collection of Evangelical Hymns, 1793. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/our-example
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Our Example?
The words of Our Example were written by Anne Steele; the version here was published in 1793. The library holds 47 more hymns by Anne Steele, including Pardon and Rest for the Weary Soul and A Dying Savior.
Is Our Example public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from A Collection of Evangelical Hymns, published in 1793. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Our Example?
Our Example is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Triumphant Zion, lift Thy head, From Every Stormy Wind That Blows and Perfections of God Combined in his Government.