Text:A hard heart
Author:Horatius Bonar
Tune:CULFORD
Composer:E. J. Hopkins

320. A hard heart

1 Oh, this soul, how dark and blind!
Oh, this foolish, earthly mind!
Oh, this froward, selfish will,
Which refuses to be still!
Oh, these ever-roaming eyes,
Upward that refuse to rise!
Oh, those wayward feet of mine,
Found in every path but thine!

2 Oh, this stubborn, prayerless knee,
Hands so seldom clasped to thee,
Longings of the soul, that go
Like the wild wind, to and fro!
To and fro, without an aim,
Turning idly whence they came,
Bringing in no joy, no bliss,
Only adding weariness!

3 Giver of the heavenly peace!
Bid, oh, bid these tumults cease;
Minister thy holy balm;
Fill me with thy Spirit's calm:
Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Leave me not in sin to stay;
Bearer of the sinner's guilt,
Lead me, lead me, as thou wilt.

Text Information
First Line: Oh, this soul, how dark and blind!
Title: A hard heart
Author: Horatius Bonar
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Afflictions; Backsliding; Blindness (8 more...)
Tune Information
Name: CULFORD
Composer: E. J. Hopkins
Meter: 7s. D
Key: C Major



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