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Text:How oft this wretched, sinful heart
Author:Anne Steele
Tune:BEMERTON
Composer:Henry W. Greatorex

580. How oft this wretched, sinful heart

1 How oft this wretched, sinful heart
Has wandered from the Lord!
How oft my roving thoughts depart,
Forgetful of his word!

2 Yet mercy calls me now, "Return;"
Saviour, to thee I come;
My vile ingratitude I mourn;
O take the wandered home!

3 Thy love, so full, so free, so sweet,
Blest Saviour, I adore;
O keep me at thy sacred feet,
And let me rove no more.

Text Information
First Line: How oft this wretched, sinful heart
Author: Anne Steele
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: #724, 399, or 147.



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