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Text:No, not despairingly
Author (Attributed to):Horatius Bonar (1808-89)

296. 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 for me,
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,
Sin of not serving thee,
Infinite sin.

3 Lord, I confess to thee
Sadly my sin;
All I am tell I thee,
All I have been.
Purge thou my sin away,
Wash thou my soul this day,
Now to be pure I pray,
Lord, make me clean!

4 Faithful and just art thou,
Forgiving all!
Loving and kind art thou
When sinners call.
Lord, let the cleansing blood,
Blood of the Lamb of God,
Healing, life-giving flood,
Pass o’er my soul.

Text Information
First Line: No, not despairingly
Author (Attributed to): Horatius Bonar (1808-89)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The gospel: Response
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