Pilgerklänge #2
Tune Title: [Es gleicht kein Buch dem Bibelwort] First Line: Es gleicht kein Buch dem Bibelwort Date: 1905
Pilgerklänge #2
Title: | CHESTER (Oratory Hymns) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 D |
Incipit: | 33234 33223 11223 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | "Oratory Hymns," 1868 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Thou art my Hiding-place, O Lord!
In Thee I put my trust,
Encouraged by Thy holy word,
A feeble child of dust.
I have no argument beside,
I urge no other plea;
And 'tis enough my Saviour died,
My Saviour died for me.
I bow my forehead to the dust,
I veil mine eyes for shame,
And urge, in trembling self-distrust,
A prayer without a claim.