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Text:Lord Jesus, think on me
Author:Bishop Synesius, 375-430
Translator:Allen William Chatfield, 1808-1896
Tune:SOUTHWELL (DAMON)
Adapter:William Damon, 1540-1591

412b. Lord Jesus, think on me

1 Lord Jesus, think on me,
and purge away my sin;
From earth-born passions set me free,
and make me pure within.

2 Lord Jesus, think on me,
with care and woe oppress;
let me thy loving servant be,
and taste thy promised rest.

3 Lord Jesus, think on me
amid the battle's strife;
in all my pain and misery
be thou my health and life.

4 Lord Jesus, think on me,
nor let me go astray;
through darkness and perplexity
point thou the heav'nly way.

5 Lord Jesus, think on me,
when flows the tempest high;
when on doth rush the enemy,
O Savior, be thou nigh.

6 Lord Jesus, think on me,
that, when the flood is past,
I may th'eternal brightness see,
and share thy joy at last.

Text Information
First Line: Lord Jesus, think on me
Title: Lord Jesus, think on me
Greek Title: Mnaōeo Christe
Author: Bishop Synesius, 375-430
Translator: Allen William Chatfield, 1808-1896
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Topic: Grace and Providence; Lent; Protection (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SOUTHWELL (DAMON)
Adapter: William Damon, 1540-1591
Meter: SM
Key: e minor
Source: "The Psalmes in English Metre" (1579)



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