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257 | Laudes Domini#258 | 259 |
Text: | The Penitent's Plea |
Author: | R. M. Offord |
Tune: | IRENE |
Arranger: | fr. Scholefield |
1 Jesus, heed me, lost and dying,
Unto thee for shelter flying,
Hear, oh, hear, my heart's sore crying:
Heed me, or I die!
2 All my sin and sorrow feeling,
Come I, as the leper, kneeling;
Come to thee for help and healing,
Heal me, or I die!
3 Naught have I to plead of merit,
Naught but curse do I inherit;
By thy gracious, quickening Spirit
Save me, or I die!
4 Not my tears of deep contrition
Can secure one sin's remission,
Helpless, hopeless my condition:
Help me, or I die!
5 Far away my dead works flinging,
Nothing owning, nothing bringing,
Only to thy mercy clinging:
Bless me, or I die!
6 By thy cross, where hope is beaming,
By its crimson fountain streaming,
Flowing for the world's redeeming:
Cleanse me, or I die!
7 So my soul shall praise thee ever,
For the love which changes never,
From which not ev'n death can sever:
Saved no more to die.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus, heed me, lost and dying |
Title: | The Penitent's Plea |
Author: | R. M. Offord |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | Repentance Unto Life; Atonement: Accepted; Repentance |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | IRENE |
Arranger: | fr. Scholefield |
Meter: | P. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |