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Text: | In the hour of trial |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Revised by: | Frances A. Hutton |
Tune: | PENITENCE |
Composer: | Spencer Lane |
1 In the hour of trial,
Jesus, plead for me,
Lest by base denial,
I depart from Thee;
When Thou seest me waver,
With a look recall,
Nor for fear or favor
Suffer me to fall.
2 With forbidden pleasures
Would this vain world charm,
Or its tempting treasures
Spread, to work me harm,
Bring to my remembrance
Sad Gethsemane,
Or, in darker semblance,
Cross-crowned Calvary.
3 Should Thy mercy send me
Sorrow, toil, and woe;
Or should pain attend me
On my path below;
Grant that I may never
Fail Thy hand to see;
Grant that I may ever
Cast my care on Thee.
4 When my last hour cometh,
Fraught with strife and pain,
When my dust returneth
To the dust again;
On Thy truth relying
Through that mortal strife,
Jesus, take me, dying,
To eternal life.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | In the hour of trial |
Author: | James Montgomery (1834) |
Revised by: | Frances A. Hutton (c. 1875) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Cross and Comfort |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PENITENCE |
Composer: | Spencer Lane (1879) |
Meter: | 6 5, 6 5. D. |
Key: | Dâ™ Major |