
Author: Sir Robert Grant, 1785-1838 Hymnal: Hymnal and Order of Service #58 (1901) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D First Line: Saviour when in dust to Thee Lyrics: 1 Saviour when in dust to Thee
Low we bow th'adoring knee;
When repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our weeping eyes;
Oh, by all Thy pains and woe
Suffered once for man below,
Bending from Thy throne on high,
Hear our solemn Litany!
2 By Thy helpless infant years,
By Thy life of want and tears,
By Thy days of sore distress
In the savage wilderness;
By the dread, mysterious hour
Of the insulting tempter's power:
Turn, oh, turn, a favoring eye,
Hear our solemn Litany!
3 By Thine hour of dire despair,
By Thine agony of prayer;
By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear, and torturing scorn;
By the gloom that veiled the skies
O'er the dreadful sacrifice;
Listen to our humble cry,
Hear our solemn Litany!
4 By Thy deep expiring groan;
By the sad sepulchral stone,
By the vault whose dark abode
Held in vain the rising God;
Oh, from earth to heaven restored,
Mighty, reascended Lord,
Listen, listen to the cry
Hear our solemn Litany!
Amen. Topics: Lent Languages: English Tune Title: SPANISH HYMN
Saviour, When in Dust to Thee