O Savior, Stay

Alas how long have I refused

Author: Fanny Crosby
Tune: [Alas! how long have I refused]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Alas! how long have I refused
To hear the Saviour’s call?
And yet I cannot let him go,—
My life, my hope, my all!
O Saviour, stay, I will obey
Thy voice of love divine;
O Saviour, stay, go not away,
But take this heart of mine.

2 I come, a poor, unworthy soul,
And cast myself on thee;
Here, at the cross where thou hast died,
Have mercy, Lord, on me.
O Saviour, stay, I will obey
Thy voice of love divine;
O Saviour, stay, go not away,
But take this heart of mine.

3 Faith points to thy extended form,
And whispers, look and live;
I lift mine eyes, confess my sins,
And thou dost all forgive.
O Saviour, stay, I will obey
Thy voice of love divine;
O Saviour, stay, go not away,
But take this heart of mine.

4 Oh, blessed hour of hallowed peace
I ne’er before have known!
Thy smile, my rainbow of delight,
Shines brightly from thy throne.
O Saviour, stay, I now obey
Thy voice of love divine;
O Saviour, stay, and seal today
My heart forever thine.

Source: Joyful Sound: a collection of new hymns and music with familiar selections #112

Author: Fanny Crosby

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First Line: Alas how long have I refused
Title: O Savior, Stay
Author: Fanny Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O Savior stay I will obey
Copyright: Public Domain

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