The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2533

2533. Holy, and True, and Righteous Lord

1. Holy, and true, and righteous Lord,
I wait to prove Thy perfect will,
Be mindful of Thy gracious Word,
And stamp me with Thy Spirit’s seal.

2. Open my faith’s interior eye,
Display Thy glory from above;
And all I am shall sink and die,
Lost in astonishment and love.

3. Confound, o’erpower me by Thy grace,
I would be by myself abhorred;
All might, all majesty, all praise,
All glory, be to Christ my Lord.

4. Now let me gain perfection’s height,
Now let me into nothing fall;
Be less than nothing in Thy sight,
And feel that Christ is all in all!

Text Information

• First Line: Holy, and true, and righteous Lord
• Title: Holy, and True, and Righteous Lord
• Author: Charles Wesley (1742)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742 (cento from God of All Power)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SUTHERLAND
• Composer: Emma Louise Hindle Ashford (before 1906)
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain