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Text:Queen Esther
Author:Edith R. Wilson
Tune:GUERRERO
Composer:John Harrison Tenney
Media:MIDI file

9906. Queen Esther

1 Tremblingly, as once of old,
Esther, in the royal court,
For a people captive sold,
Mercy and deliverance sought.

2 So I come, my king, to Thee,
Trembling at Thy feet I fall;
Stretch Thy scepter over me,
Let me hear Thy gracious call.

3 I have naught to offer Thee,
Naught to plead in sin’s defense,
Yet unto Thy courts I flee;
Jesus, do not drive me thence.

4 Thou hast crowned me with Thy love,
Summoned me Thy name to bear;
Bending from Thy throne above,
King of Heaven, hear my prayer.

5 King of grace and love untold,
Come and feast with me today,
Not as Esther’s king of old,
But forevermore to stay.

Text Information
First Line: Tremblingly, as once of old
Title: Queen Esther
Author: Edith R. Wilson
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: The International Lesson Hymnal (Chicago: David C. Cook, 1878)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GUERRERO
Composer: John Harrison Tenney
Meter: 77.77
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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