He Is Pleading

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He is pleading, by His sorrows

Author: William St. Hill Bourne
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 He is pleading, by His sorrows,
By the bitter pain He bore,
For the comfort of your pity,—
That your heart should love Him more.
Can you think of Him heart-broken,
With His gentle Face so marred,
And pass on as tho’ ‘twere nothing,
That the outstretch’d Hands are scarred?

2 He is pleading, by your burdens,
By your weariness and smart,
By life’s wild unanswered questions,
And your emptiness of heart.
Will you keep your care, unheeding
The calm Voice that offers rest?
And your soul drift farther, farther,
From the shelter of that Breast?

3 He is pleading, by the glory
On the golden-pavèd street,
And the never-broken union
Where the souls made perfect meet;
Will you lose the pleasant pastures,
For the shore without a fold?
And the stillness of their waters,
For the torrent black and cold?

4 He is pleading, ever pleading,
Here below, as there above,
By the Father’s perfect pity,
And the Spirit’s tender love.
He is pleading, now is pleading
With the sheep that he hath found—
Yield your heart, your life to Jesus,
That His love may fold you round.

Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #473

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Author: William St. Hill Bourne

Bourne, William St. Hill, born in 1846, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and the London College of Divinity. Taking Holy Orders in 1869 he became successively Curate of Holy Trinity, Derby; Harrow-on-the-Hill; St. Paul's, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Ashford, Kent; in 1875, Vicar of Pinner, Middlesex; and in 1880, Vicar of All Saints, Haggerstone. Author of Poems in various periodicals; Church Work and the Working Classes, published in Church Bells, 1875, &c. In 1879 he became editor of The Mission Field, for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. As a hymn-writer he is known through the following hymns:— 1. Children's voices strive not vainly, Sunday School Anniversary. Written in 1868. 2. Christ, W… Go to person page >

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