5533. O Word of Pity, for Our Pardon Pleading

1. O word of pity, for our pardon pleading,
Breathed in the hour of loneliness and pain;
O voice, which through the ages interceding,
Calls us to fellowship with God again.

2. O word of comfort, through the silence stealing,
As the dread act of sacrifice began;
O infinite compassion, still revealing
The infinite forgiveness won for man.

3. O word of hope to raise us nearer Heaven,
When courage fails us and when faith is dim;
The souls for whom Christ prays to Christ are given,
To find their pardon and their joy in Him.

4. O Intercessor, who art ever living
To plead for dying souls that they may live,
Teach us to know our sin which needs forgiving,
Teach us to know the love which can forgive.

Text Information
First Line: O word of pity, for our pardon pleading
Title: O Word of Pity, for Our Pardon Pleading
Author: Ada R. Greenaway (1904)
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Language: English
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: ZU MEINEM HERRN, Jo­hann G. Schicht, 1753-1823
Tune Information
Name: INTERCESSOR
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1848-1918
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Incipit: 17655 61332 11765
Key: a minor
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904
Copyright: Public Domain



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