Text: | Saviour, Prince, enthroned above |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Tune: | PENITENCE |
Composer: | William H. Oakley |
1 Saviour, Prince, enthroned above,
Repentance to impart,
Give me, through thy dying love,
The humble, contrite heart;
Give, what I have long implored,
A portion of thy grief unknown;
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
2 For thine own compassion's sake,
The gracious wonder show;
Cast my sins behind thy back,
And wash me white as snow:
If thy pity now is stirred,
If now I do myself bemoan,
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
3 See me, Saviour, from above,
Nor suffer me to die!
Life, and happiness, and love,
Drop from thy gracious eye:
Speak the reconciling word,
And let thy mercy melt me down;
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
4 Clothe me with thy holiness,
Thy meek humility;
Put on me thy glorious dress
Endue my soul with thee:
Let thine image be restored,
Thy name and nature let me prove;
Fill me with thy fullness, Lord,
And perfect me in love.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Saviour, Prince, enthroned above |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PENITENCE |
Composer: | William H. Oakley |
Meter: | P. M. |
Key: | B♭ Major |