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Text:O the bitter shame and sorrow
Author:Theodore Monod (1836-1921)

548. O the bitter shame and sorrow

1 O the bitter shame and sorrow
That a time could ever be
When I let the Saviour’s pity
Plead in vain, and proudly answered:
All of self and none of thee!

2 Yet he found me; I beheld him
Bleeding on th’accursed tree,
Heard him pray: Forgive them, Father!
And my wistful heart said faintly:
Some of self and some of thee!

3 Day by day his tender mercy,
Healing, helping, full and free,
Sweet and strong and, ah! so patient,
Brought me lower, while I whispered:
Less of self and more of thee!

4 Higher than the highest Heaven,
Deeper than the deepest sea,
Lord, thy love at last has conquered;
Grant me now my spirit’s longing:
None of self and all of thee!

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First Line: O the bitter shame and sorrow
Author: Theodore Monod (1836-1921)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The life of holiness: Praise and Thanksgiving
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