Lord, when we bend before Thy throne

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1 Lord, when we bend before thy throne,
and our confessions pour,
teach us to feel the sins we own,
and hate what we deplore.

2 Our broken spirits pitying see;
true penitence impart;
then let a kindling glance from thee
beam hope upon the heart.

3 When we disclose our wants in prayer,
may we our wills resign,
snd not a thought our bosom share
which is not wholly thine.

4 May faith each weak petition fill,
and waft it to the skies,
and teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
that grants it or denies.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #136

Author: Joseph D. Carlyle

Joseph Dacre Carlyle was born at Carlisle, in 1759. He became Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, in 1794, and afterwards Vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was the author of several works. His death occurred in 1804. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872… Go to person page >

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