The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13094

13094. Change Me Deeply

1 When once I begged Thee "save my soul,"
Thy mercy fast did meet me;
My scarlet sins turned white as snow
As Thou did change me deeply.

2 Yet bends my heart to empty fare
Where fruitless lands receive me,
And stays the joy Thy yoke would share
’Till Lord Thou change me deeply.

3 If furnace fire that burns the dross
Will make me fit to please Thee,
Then help me now pick up my cross
That Thou might change me deeply.

4 For when salvation fullness comes
In clouds where I shall see Thee,
What joy to hear Thy word "well done,"
If now Thou change me deeply.

5 And then at last will come the hour
To consummate completely
Thy wonder of resurrection pow’r
As Thou shall change me deeply.

Text Information

• First Line: When once I begged Thee "save my soul,"
• Title: Change Me Deeply
• Author: Stephen Popovich (2013)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: The song was con­ceived when the three words Change Me Deep­ly sprout­ed sud­den­ly in my soul around Christ­mas 2012. The song grew to mir­ror the sweep of sal­va­tion; we have been changed deep­ly (Ez 36:26–27), we are be­ing changed deep­ly (2 Cor. 3:18), and we will be changed deep­ly (1 John 3:2). The first verse is au­to­bi­o­graph­ic­al, as is the sec­ond verse with its var­i­a­tion on a prone to wan­der theme. Verse three and four get us on the path of gird­ed loins, fol­low­ing the Lord with eyes fo­cused on the end of our faith. The fin­al verse finds us at last in hea­ven when our change will won­der­ful­ly be con­sum­mat­ed com­plet­ely. The me­lo­dy is most oft­en as­so­ci­at­ed with the old Eng­lish bal­lad, Bar­ba­ra Allen, but it has al­so oc­ca­sion­al­ly part­nered with Chris­tian lyr­ics in cen­tu­ries gone by. Stephen Pop­o­vich, 2013

Tune Information

• Name: [When once I begged Thee save my soul]
• Composer: Unknown
• Key: C Major
• Source: 17th century
• Copyright: Public Domain