River, wash over me

Authors:
Themes:
Scriptures:
  • 2 Kings 5:1-14
  • Zechariah 13:1
  • Matthew 3:6
  • Mark 15:13-14
  • John 4:23-24
  • Acts 22:16
  • Ephesians 5:18-19
  • 1 John 1:9
  • Revelation 22:1-5
Book Number:
  • 532

River, wash over me,
cleanse me and make me new;
bathe me, refresh me and fill me anew-
river, wash over me.

2. Spirit, watch over me,
lead me to Jesus’ feet;
cause me to worship and fill me anew-
Spirit, watch over me.

3. Jesus, rule over me,
reign over all my heart;
teach me to praise you and fill me anew-
Jesus, rule over me.

© 1980 Kingsway's Thankyou Music
Dougie Brown

The Holy Spirit - His Presence in the Church

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Tune

The story behind the hymn

Dougie Brown’s simple and personal 3-stz prayer was published in The New Redemption Hymnal in 1986. It is headed with John 13:8 (AV), ‘If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me’. His own tune RIVER[,] WASH OVER ME appears there in the key of E flat; David Peacock’s arrangement in F, as used here, is found in MP (1987). Let’s Praise (1988) adds references to 2 Kings 5:14, Ephesians 3:17, and Colossians 3:15.

A look at the author

Brown, Dougie

b Edinburgh, Scotland 1955. A keyboard player, he has worked in the civil service and been Managing Director of a piano-tuning and retail business and an IT consultancy; currently he lives on a farm and is a serving Police Officer. His first composition came in 1972, and his bestknown is included in Praise! Most of his songs have been privately distributed; he has taken a leading role in Baptist celebrations and now belongs to ‘Care of Church Survivors’. No.532.