The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8703

8703. Lord, When My Thoughts Delighted Rove

1 Lord, when my thoughts delighted rove
Amid the wonders of Thy love,
Sweet hope revives my drooping heart,
And bids intruding fears depart.

2 But while Thy sufferings I survey,
And faith enjoys a heav’nly ray,
These dear memorials of Thy pain,
Present anew the dreadful scene.

3 I hear Thy groans with deep surprise,
And view Thy wounds with weeping eyes,
Each bleeding wound, each dying groan,
With anguish fraught, and pains unknown.

4 For mortal crimes a sacrifice,
The Lord of life, the Savior dies:
What love, what mercy, how divine!
O Jesus, can I call Thee mine?

5 Repentant sorrow fills my heart,
But mingling joy allays the smart;
O may my future life declare
The sorrow and the joy sincere.

6 Be all my heart, and all my days
Devoted to my Savior’s praise;
And let my glad obedience prove
How much I owe, how much I love.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, when my thoughts delighted rove
• Title: Lord, When My Thoughts Delighted Rove
• Author: Anne Steele
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. 1
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. LUKE
• Composer: Jeremiah Clarke (1701)
• Meter: LM
• Key: f minor
• Copyright: Public Domain