Hymnal: Songs of Zion #22 (1821) Lyrics: 1. Still out of the deepest abyssOf trouble I mournfully cry,And pine to recover my peace,To see my Redeemer, and die:I cannot, I cannot forbearThese passionate longings for home:O! when shall my spirit be there?O when will the messenger come?2. Thy nature I long to put on,Thine image on earth to regain,And then in the grave to lay downMy burden of body and pain:O Jesus, in pity draw near,And lull me to sleep on thy breast,Appear, to my rescue appear,And gather me into the rest.3. To take a poor fugitive in,The arms of thy mercy display,And give me to rest from all sin,And bear me triumphant away;Away from a world of distress,Away to the mansions above,The heaven of seeing thy face,The heaven of feeling thy love. Tune Title: MOURNER
Still out of the deepest abyss