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Text:Lord! when we bend before thy throne
Author:Joseph D. Carlyle
Tune:BEMERTON
Composer:Henry W. Greatorex

577. Lord! when we bend before thy throne

1 Lord! when we bend before thy throne,
And our confessions pour,
O, may we feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.

2 Our contrite spirits pitying see;
True penitence impart;
And let a healing ray from thee
Beam hope on every heart.

3 When we disclose our wants in prayer,
May we our wills resign;
Nor let a thought our bosom share
Which is not wholly thine.

4 Let faith each meek petition fill,
And waft it to the skies;
And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
That grants it or denies.

Text Information
First Line: Lord! when we bend before thy throne
Author: Joseph D. Carlyle
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented
Tune Information
Name: BEMERTON
Composer: Henry W. Greatorex
Meter: C. M.
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #546, 395, or 446.



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