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Text:In Thy Love
Author:Neal A. McAulay
Tune:[Father, I am weak and sinful]
Composer:E. O. Excell

177. In Thy Love

1 Father, I am weak and sinful,
Ever prone to go astray;
Like a wayward child of error,
I so often lose my way.

Chorus:
In Thy love, O God, have mercy;
In Thy grace redeem my soul;
Bring me back, O gentle Shepherd,
keep me safe within Thy fold.

2 In the billows of temptation,
When its waves are running high.
Bear me o'er life's sea of trouble,
Leave me not to sink and die. [Chorus]

3 Father, when the shades are falling,
And the night of death is near,
Guide me thro' the gloomy valley,
With Thy light my journey cheer. [Chorus]

4 Open, then, the pearly portals,
That unworthy though I be,
I may join the ransomed legions,
There to dwell eternally. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Father, I am weak and sinful
Title: In Thy Love
Author: Neal A. McAulay
Refrain First Line: In Thy love, O God, have mercy
Publication Date: 1907
Tune Information
Name: [Father, I am weak and sinful]
Composer: E. O. Excell
Key: F Major



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