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And didst Thou, Jesus, condescend

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And didst Thou, Jesus, condescend

Author: Amelia Wakeford
Published in 21 hymnals

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	Hymn Miniatures for Communion (Sixty-Sec…

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1 And didst Thou, Jesus, condescend,
When veiled in human clay,
To heal the sick, the lame, the blind,
And drive disease away?

2 Didst Thou regard the beggar's cry,
And cause the blind to see?
Jesus, Thou Son of David, hear,
Have mercy, too, on me.

3 And didst Thou pity mortal woe,
And sight and health restore?
Oh, pity, Lord, and save my soul,
Which needs Thy mercy more.

4 Didst Thou Thy trembling servant raise,
When sinking in the wave?
I perish, Lord; oh, save my soul;
For Thou alone canst save.

Amen.

Source: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #403

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Author: Amelia Wakeford

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First Line:	And didst Thou, Jesus, condescend
Author:	Amelia Wakeford
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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GRIGG (Grigg)

MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes (1899), p.583

Instances

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #124

Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #403

Book of Worship #124

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d33

Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #74

Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #74

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d29

Hymns #781

Hymns #781

Hymns #781

Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #97b

The Baptist Harp #224

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d17

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #208

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #84.208

The Baptist Hymn Book #208

The Baptist Psalmody #447

The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #150

The Psalmist #218

The Psalmist #218

The Psalmody #194

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