Lord, Is It I?

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Someone has turned from the Lord away

Author: Marian Wendell Hubbard
Tune: [Someone has turned from the Lord away]
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 Someone has turned from the Lord away;
Someone has gone from the fold astray;
Someone is treading the downward way—
Lord is it I? Lord, is it I?

Refrain:
Lord is it I? O the thought, like a dart,
Pierces the innermost depths of the heart!
If there is one who in Thee hath no part,
Lord is it I? Lord, is it I?

2 Someone is grieving the Savior’s love,
Wounding the heart of the Holy Dove,
Strangely forgetting his God above—
Lord is it I? Lord, is it I? [Refrain]

3 Someone is out where the breakers roll;
Someone is near to the treacherous shoal;
Someone will lose His immortal soul—
Lord is it I? Lord, is it I? [Refrain]

4 Someone will enter eternal rest;
Someone will lean on the Savior’s breast;
Someone will dwell in the mansions blest—
Lord is it I? Lord, is it I? [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #9057

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Author: Marian Wendell Hubbard

Marian Wendell Hubbard was sent to be educated in Pawtuckett, Rhode Island at the age of nine, after the death of her mother. At the age of eighteen she worked in Philadelphia as a proof reader. At this time she also wrote articles and poetry for publication. She wrote hymns for an Elgin, Illinois publisher. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Someone has turned from the Lord away
Title:	Lord, Is It I?
Author:	Marian Wendell Hubbard
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Lord, is it I
Copyright:	Public Domain