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| Text: | Lord! when we bend before thy throne |
| Author: | Joseph D. Carlyle |
| Tune: | BEMERTON |
| Composer: | Henry W. Greatorex |
1 Lord! when we bend before thy throne,
And our confessions pour,
O, may we feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.
2 Our contrite spirits pitying see;
True penitence impart;
And let a healing ray from thee
Beam hope on every heart.
3 When we disclose our wants in prayer,
May we our wills resign;
Nor let a thought our bosom share
Which is not wholly thine.
4 Let faith each meek petition fill,
And waft it to the skies;
And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
That grants it or denies.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Lord! when we bend before thy throne |
| Author: | Joseph D. Carlyle |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BEMERTON |
| Composer: | Henry W. Greatorex |
| Meter: | C. M. |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #546, 395, or 446. |
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