No. 87 Enquirer, Osh 74
Hexatonic, mode 4 a (I II — IV V 6 7)
I’m not asham’d to own my Lord,
Or to defend his cause,
Maintain the honor of his word,
The glory of his cross.
Jesus, my God, I know his name;
His name is all my trust;
Nor will he put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.
Firm as his throne his promise stands,
And he can well secure
What I’ve committed to his hands,
Till the decisive hour.
Then will he own my worthless name,
Before his Father’s face,
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.
The words are attributed to Isaac Watts; the tune to B. F. White of Georgia, and dated 1844. The tune is a member of the ‘Babe of Bethlehem’ group. See Introduction, p. 14, and, ‘Babe of Bethlehem’ in this collection. A secular related tune is ‘Lowlands of Holland’, Sharp, i., 200. Since the tune has clear dorian implications, its proper key signature is one flat.