Igbagbo Mi N Wo O

Words: Ray Palmer, 1830
Igbagbo mi n wo O,
Iwo Od'Aguntan,
Olugbala,
Jo, gbo adura mi
Mese mi gbogbo lo
Kemi latoni lo si je tire.

Ki ore-ofe Re,
Filera fokan mi,
Mu mi tara;
Biwo ti ku fun mi,
A! kife mi si O,
Ko ma gbona titi,
Ina iye.

Gba mo rin lokunkun,
Tibinu yi mi ka,
Samona mi,
Mokunkun lo loni,
N'omije anu nu,
Lai, ma je ki n sako
Li odo Re.

Gbati aye ba pin,
Todo tutu iku,
Nsan lori mi:
Jesu, ninu ife,
Mu kifoya mi lo,
Gbe mi doke orun
Bokan ta ra.
My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day be wholly Thine!

May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me, O may my love to Thee,
Pure warm, and changeless be, a living fire!

While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread, be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray from Thee aside.

When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold sullen stream over me roll;
Blest Savior, then, in love fear and distrust remove.
O bear me safe above, redeemed and free!


Palmer wrote these lyrics upon receiving a vision of Christ shortly after his graduation from Yale University, while working as a tutor at a New York school. However, he kept them to himself until meeting Lowell Mason on a street in Boston, Massachusetts. When Mason asked him to write something for a new hymnal, Palmer dug out his old notes and produced these lyrics, written two years earlier. After taking the lyrics home and reading them, Mason composed this tune. Several days later he saw Palmer again and said, "You may live many years and do many good things, but I think you will be best known to posterity as the author of My Faith Looks Up to Thee." --Source

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  1. Am daily blessed wit this hymns. May God bless and increase u. More grace to you.

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  2. Amen. Thank you. I'm happy you are blessed.

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  3. Thanks for the efforts to put these hymns on the Internet. It's such a blessing to have access to them anywhere in the world. You are blessed

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  4. well done sis, this hymn just soothe my soul.

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  5. I felt so disturbed and lost every thing. My mind could only sing hymn. I sang this hymn and "Igbagbo mi duro lori eje at’dodo Jesu. Thanks for making it available to use. Ki Olorun tun kun o pelu emi mimo re fun ise rere.

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    1. Thank God for great hymns and spiritual songs that God use to comfort us in times of trouble.
      Amin loruko Jesu si a won adura yin.

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  6. Igbagbo mi nwo oh... iwo odo aguntan...this is a very good and inspirational lyric...may God shower his mercy as we sing this hynm

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  7. Igbagbo mi nwo oh... iwo odo aguntan...this is a very good and inspirational lyric...may God shower his mercy as we sing this hynm

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  8. Igbagbo mi nwo, iwo adoaguntan...a very inspirational and emotional hynm...may the great God bless us as sing the hynm

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  9. I stumbled upon your page a some weeks back, and this morning my heart longed for this hymn in Yoruba, but didn't have all the lyrics. You are indeed a blessing! Thank you.

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  10. I am happy I found your blog. Thanks the hymns brought back old memories and are inspiring.

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  11. These hymns are soul enriching filled with spiritual emotions. Thanks

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  12. Absolutely faith inspiring song in tough moments....

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  13. Thank you for this. God bless you.

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  14. I'm glad God used you this much for our generation. May God continue to lead you through life in Jesus name.

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  15. Thanking you for your effort to compiled it here. You make it available at finger tips. God will bless you

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