Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#553

553. My Sins, My Sins, My Savior!

1 My sins, my sins, my Savior!
They take such hold on me,
I am not able to look up,
save only, Christ, to thee;
in thee is all forgiveness,
in thee abundant grace,
my shadow and my sunshine
the brightness of thy face.

2 My sins, my sins, my Savior!
Their guilt I never knew
till with thee in the desert
I near thy passion drew;
till with thee in the garden
I heard thy pleading pray'r,
and saw the sweat-drops bloody
that told thy sorrow there.

3 Therefore my songs, my Savior,
e'en in this time of woe,
shall tell of all thy goodness
to suff'ring man below;
thy goodness and thy favor,
whose presence from above
rejoice those hearts, my Savior,
that live in thee and love.

Text Information

• First Line: My sins, my sins, my Savior!
• Title: My Sins, My Sins, My Savior!
• Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1863)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Psalm 25:11
  ;
  Psalm 27:11
  ;
  Luke 22:44
• Topic: The Christian Life: Forgiveness of Sins; Christ: Man of Sorrows; Grace: Fullness of; Preparatory Service; Sin: Conviction of

Tune Information

• Name: MONSELL
• Composer: John S .B. Monsell (1863)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Key: f minor