The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3587

3587. A Last Prayer

1. Father, I scarcely dare to pray,
So clear I see, now it is done,
How I have wasted half my day,
And left my work but just begun.
So clear I see that things I thought
Were right or harmless were a sin;
So clear I see that I have sought,
Unconscious, selfish aims to win.

2. So clear I see that I have hurt
The souls I might have helped to save;
That I have slothful been, inert,
Deaf to the calls Thy leaders gave.
In outskirts of Thy kingdoms vast
Father, the humblest spot give me;
Set me the lowliest task Thou hast,
Let me repentant work for Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Father, I scarcely dare to pray
• Title: A Last Prayer
• Author: Helen Hunt Jackson (1885)
• Meter: LMD
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Written four days before her death. Alternate tunes: ABSCHIED, Wenzel Müller, 1767-1835; ANGELUS, Georg Joseph, Heilige Seelenlust, 1657; BERA, John E. Gould, 1849

Tune Information

• Name: SAGINA
• Composer: Thomas Campbell (1835)
• Meter: LMD
• Incipit: 11235 46721 34275
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain