For These My Soul Is Lost

Go, bring me [them], said the dying fair

Author: William Hunter
Published in 13 hymnals

Representative Text

1 "Go, bring me," said the dying fair,
With anguish in her tone,
"My costly robes and jewels here,
Go, bring them ev'ry one:
They strew'd them on her dying bed,
Those robes of princely cost;
"Father," with bitterness she said,
"For these my soul was lost."

2 "Without glorious hopes I once was blest,
Nor fear'd the gaping tomb;
With heaven already in my breast,
I look'd for heaven to come:
I heard a Saviour's pardoning voice;
My soul was fill'd with peace:
Father, you bought me with these toys,
I barter'd heaven for these.

3 "Take them--they are the price of blood,
For these I lost my soul;
For these, must bear the wrath of God,
While ceaseless ages roll:
Remember, when you look on these,
Your daughter's fearful doom,
That she, her pride and thine to please,
Went quaking to the tomb.

4 "Go, bear them from my sight and touch,
Your gifts I here restore;
Keep them with care, they cost you much,
They cost your daughter more:
Look at them every rolling year,
Upon my dying day,
And drop for me the burning tear"--
She said, and sunk away.

Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #21

Author: William Hunter

Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1… Go to person page >

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First Line: Go, bring me [them], said the dying fair
Title: For These My Soul Is Lost
Author: William Hunter
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 13 of 13)
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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #164

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #250

Revival Hymns #d48

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #30

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Songs of Joy and Gladness with Supplement #442

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Songs of the Peacemaker #132

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The Chorus #H80

The Golden Harp #d41

The Heavenly Echoes #d24

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The Minstrel of Zion #21

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The Revivalist #272

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d103

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