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[The past we never can undo]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: P. G. Fithian Incipit: 55331 16665 32125

Author: Bessie Q. Jordan Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The past we never can undo Refrain First Line: O Lord, forgive, O Lord, receive Lyrics: 1 The past we never can undo, Tho’ with thrice bitter tears, And deepest gloom we it review,— ‘Tis sealed up with the years. Refrain: O Lord, forgive, O Lord, receive, And bless thy erring child; I do repent and now believe That thou art reconciled. 2 Could we but live it o’er again, How different it should be; We would not have this awful pain Which gnaws so constantly. [Refrain] 3 But it is gone beyond our reach, With all its weight of sin; And tho’ we mourn too deep for speech, ‘Twill never come again. [Refrain] 4 But God has given us the now,— The past himself will take; And if to him in faith we go He’ll save, for Jesus’ sake. [Refrain] 5 No matter what thy past may be, Just leave that all with Christ; He knows it all, yet calleth thee, And bids thee dare to trust. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [The past we never can undo]

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The Past

Author: Bessie Q. Jordan Hymnal: Joyful Sound #80 (1889) First Line: The past we never can undo Refrain First Line: O Lord, forgive, O Lord, receive Lyrics: 1 The past we never can undo, Tho’ with thrice bitter tears, And deepest gloom we it review,— ‘Tis sealed up with the years. Refrain: O Lord, forgive, O Lord, receive, And bless thy erring child; I do repent and now believe That thou art reconciled. 2 Could we but live it o’er again, How different it should be; We would not have this awful pain Which gnaws so constantly. [Refrain] 3 But it is gone beyond our reach, With all its weight of sin; And tho’ we mourn too deep for speech, ‘Twill never come again. [Refrain] 4 But God has given us the now,— The past himself will take; And if to him in faith we go He’ll save, for Jesus’ sake. [Refrain] 5 No matter what thy past may be, Just leave that all with Christ; He knows it all, yet calleth thee, And bids thee dare to trust. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The past we never can undo]

The Past

Author: Bessie Q. Jordan Hymnal: Sacred Trio #250 (1889) First Line: The past we never can undo Refrain First Line: O Lord, forgive, O Lord, receive Tune Title: [The past we never can undo]

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Powell G. Fithian

b. 1861 Person Name: P. G. Fithian Composer of "[The past we never can undo]" in Joyful Sound Born: April 30, 1861, Greenwich Township (now Gibbstown), New Jersey. Fithian was music director for the public schools in Camden, New Jersey. He and his wife Julia were both listed in the 1910 and 1920 census, but his wife appears alone in the 1930 census. Powell’s works include: Songs of the Mercy Seat, with George Hugg (Methodist Episcopal Book Room, 1899) Songs for Work and Worship, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz & Company, 1900) Exalted Praise, with Howard Entwisle (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1901) Heavenly Sunlight, with Howard Entwisle & Adam Geibel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: MacCalla & Company, 1902) The Fithian Music Primer (New York: American Book Company, 1915) --www.hymntime.com/tch/