Jesus, Savior, pity me, Hear me when I cry to thee

Jesus, Savior, pity me, Hear me when I cry to thee

Author: Mary Lundie Duncan
Tune: SCUDAMORE
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Mary Lundie Duncan

Duncan, Mary, née Lundie, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lundie, Parish Minister of Kelso, and Mary Grey Lundie Duncan, was born at Kelso, April 26, 1814. On July 11, 1836, she was married to the William Wallace Duncan, the son of Rev. Henry Duncan, D.D., founder of the Savings Bank movement and minister in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. In the end of December, 1839, she took a chill, which resulted in a fever and died on Jan. 5, 1840. Her hymns, mostly written for her children between July and December, 1839, appeared, in 1841, in her Memoir, by her mother, and were issued separately, in 1842, as Rhymes for my Children, to the number of 23. The best known are, "Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me," and "My Saviour, be Thou near me." Dian… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesus, Savior, pity me, Hear me when I cry to thee
Author: Mary Lundie Duncan
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Dear Jesus, hear me
Publication Date: 1868
Copyright: Public Domain

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Fresh Leaves for the use of Sabbath Schools #55a

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #94

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #94

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Silver Wings #101

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Songs for Little Folks #34a

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The Child's Hymn Book #75

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