The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4584

4584. No, Not Despairingly

1. No, not despairingly come I to Thee;
No, not distrustingly bend I the knee:
Sin hath gone over me, yet is this still my plea,
Jesus hath died.

2. Ah! mine iniquity crimson hath been,
Infinite, infinite—sin upon sin:
Sin of not loving Thee, sin of not trusting Thee—
Infinite sin.

3. Lord, I confess to Thee sadly my sin;
All I am tell with Thee, all I have been:
Purge Thou my sin away, wash Thou my soul this day;
Lord, make me clean.

4. Faithful and just art Thou, forgiving all;
Loving and kind art Thou when poor ones call:
Lord, let the cleansing blood, blood of the Lamb of God,
Pass o’er my soul.

5. Then all is peace and light this soul within;
Thus shall I walk with Thee, the loved Unseen;
Leaning on Thee, my God, guided along the road,
Nothing between.

Text Information

• First Line: No, not despairingly come I to Thee
• Title: No, Not Despairingly
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1866)
• Meter: 64.64.664
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope, third series, 1866
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: KEDRON (Spratt)
• Composer: Ann Baird Spratt (1866)
• Meter: 64.64.664
• Incipit: 33332 24443 54323
• Key: F Major
• Source: Book of Common Praise, 1866
• Copyright: Public Domain