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Text: | Lord, I Cannot Let Thee Go |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | SEYMOUR |
Adapter: | Henry W. Greatorex |
Composer: | Carl Maria von Weber |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Lord, I cannot let Thee go,
[originally, Nay, I cannot let Thee go]
Till a blessing Thou bestow:
Do not turn away Thy face,
Mine’s an urgent, pressing case.
2. Dost Thou ask me who I am?
Ah! my Lord, Thou know’st my name;
Yet the question gives a plea
To support my suit with Thee.
3. Thou didst once a wretch behold,
In rebellion blindly bold,
Scorn Thy grace, Thy power defy:
That poor rebel, Lord, was I.
4. Once a sinner, near despair,
Sought Thy mercy seat by prayer;
Mercy heard, and set him free:
Lord, that mercy came to me.
5. Many days have passed since then,
Many changes I have seen;
Yet have been upheld till now;
Who could hold me up but Thou?
6. Thou hast helped in every need;
This emboldens me to plead:
After so much mercy past,
Canst Thou let me sink at last?
7. No, I must maintain my hold;
’Tis Thy goodness makes me bold;
I can no denial take,
When I plead for Jesus’ sake.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lord, I cannot let Thee go |
Title: | Lord, I Cannot Let Thee Go |
Author: | John Newton (1779) |
Meter: | 77.77 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 10 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SEYMOUR |
Composer: | Carl Maria von Weber (1826) |
Adapter: | Henry W. Greatorex (1851) |
Meter: | 77.77 |
Incipit: | 32436 53233 33471 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | From the opera Oberon |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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