Church Book ‎#358

358. And wilt Thou pardon, Lord

1 And wilt Thou pardon, Lord,
A sinner such as I?
Although Thy book his crimes record,
Of such a crimson dye?

2 So deep are they engraved,
So terrible their fear;--
The righteous scarcely shall be saved,
And where shall I appear?

3 O Thou, Physician blest,
Make clean my guilty soul!
And me, by many a sin opprest,
Restore, and keep me whole!

4 I know not how to praise
Thy mercy and Thy love;
But deign Thy servant to upraise,
And I shall learn above.

Text Information

• First Line: And wilt Thou pardon, Lord
• Author: Joseph of the Studium (ab. 860)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1862)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Order of Salvation: Repentance; Sundays in Lent; Twelfth Sunday after Trinity; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #180 or #561

Tune Information

• Name: ST. BRIDE
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: g minor
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Dr. Sam. Howard, d. 1782