Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

569. Jesus, Lord of Life and Glory

1 Jesus, Lord of life and glory,
bend from heav'n thy gracious ear;
while our waiting souls adore thee,
Friend of helpless sinners, hear:

Refrain:
by thy mercy, O deliver us, good Lord.

2 From the depth of nature's blindness,
from the hard'ning pow'r of sin,
from all malice and unkindness,
from the pride that lurks within, [Refrain]

3 When temptation sorely presses,
In the day of Satan's pow'r,
In our times of deep distresses,
In each dark and trying hour, [Refrain]

4 When the world around is smiling,
in the time of wealth and ease,
earthly joys our hearts beguiling,
in the day of health and peace, [Refrain]

5 In our weary hours of sickness,
in our times of grief and pain,
when we feel our mortal weakness,
when the creature's help is vain, [Refrain]

6 In the solemn hour of dying,
in the awful Judgment Day,
may our souls, on thee relying,
find thee still our rock and stay: [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, Lord of life and glory
Title: Jesus, Lord of Life and Glory
Author: James J. Cummins (1839)
Refrain First Line: by thy mercy, O deliver us, good Lord
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Topic: Deliverance; The Christian Life: Conflict With Sin; Adversaries (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST. AUSTIN
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7.
Key: e minor
Source: Gregorian chant; Arr. in the Bristol Tune Book, 1876



Media
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.