Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#248

248. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing

1 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross I spend;
Life and health and peace possessing,
From the sinner's dying Friend.
Love and grief my heart dividing,
With my tears his feet I'd bathe;
Constant still in faith abiding,
Life deriving from His death,
Life deriving from His death.

2 Truly blessèd is this station--
Low before His cross to lie;
While I see divine compassion
Beaming in His gracious eye.
Here I'll sit, forever viewing
Mercy streaming in His blood:
Precious drops, my soul bedewing,
Plead and claim my peace with God,
Please and claim my peace with God.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
• Author: Walter Shirley (1724)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Atonement: Sufficient; Cross: of Christ; Glorying in the Cross; Lent

Tune Information

• Name: GUIDANCE
• Composer: Friederich F. A. von Flotow
• Meter: 8s, 7s D.