The Hymnbook ‎#263

263. Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord!

1 Hark, my soul, it is the Lord!
'Tis thy Saviour, hear His word;
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,
"Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me?

2 "I delivered thee when bound,
And, when bleeding, healed thy wound;
Sought thee wandering, set thee right,
Turned thy darkness into light.

3 "Can a woman's tender care
Cease toward the child she bare?
Yes, she may forgetful be,
Yet will I remember thee.

4 "Mine is an unchanging love,
Higher than the heights above,
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death."

5 Lord, it is my chief complaint
That my love is weak and faint;
Yet I love Thee, and adore:
O for grace to love Thee more!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Hark, my soul, it is the Lord!
• Title: Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord!
• Author: William Cowper (1768)
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 49:15
  ;
  John 21:15
• Topic: Christ: Call; Christ: Call, Answering His; Christ: Love for; Life in Christ: Call of Christ, The

Tune Information

• Name: ST. BEES
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1862)
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7.
• Key: A♭ Major