The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7793

7793. Ye Humble Souls That Seek the Lord

1. Ye humble souls, that seek the Lord,
Chase all your fears away;
And bow with rapture down to see
The place where Jesus lay.

2. Thus low the Lord of life was brought;
Such wonders love can do:
Thus cold in death that bosom lay,
Which throbbed and bled for you.

3. A moment give a loose to grief,
Let grateful sorrows rise,
And wash the bloody stains away,
With torrents from your eyes.

4. Then raise your eyes, and tune your songs,
The Savior lives again:
Not all the bolts and bars of death
The conqueror could detain.

5. High o’er the angelic bands He rears
His once dishonored head;
And through unnumbered years He reigns,
Who dwelt among the dead.

6. With joy like His shall every saint
His vacant tomb survey;
Then rise with His ascending Lord
To realms of endless day.

Text Information

• First Line: Ye humble souls, that seek the Lord
• Title: Ye Humble Souls That Seek the Lord
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: GERONTIUS, John B. Dykes, 1868; GREENWICH, William Richardson, 1729; ST. STEPHEN, William Jones, 1789

Tune Information

• Name: FINGAL
• Composer: James S. Anderson (1885)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 34321 17151 14433
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain