I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come

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I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come

Author: Edwin Hatch
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1. I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come
And make this lowly heart of mine Thy home,
That Thou wouldst deign, O King of kings, to be
E’en for one hour a sojourner in me;
Yet art Thou always here to help, and bless,
And lift the load of my great sinfulness.

2. I dared not ever hope for such a Guide
To walk with me my faltering steps beside,
To help me when I fall, and when I stray
Constrain me gently to the better way;
Yet art Thou always at my side to be
A Counselor and a Comforter to me.

3. I do not always go where Thou dost lead,
I do not always Thy soft whispers heed;
I follow other lights, and, in my sin,
I vex with many a slight my Friend within:
Yet Thou dost not, though grieved, from me depart,
But guardest still Thy place within my heart.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #2762

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Author: Edwin Hatch

Hatch, Edwin, D.D., was born at Derby, Sep. 4, 1835, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, B.A., in honours, in 1857. After holding important appointments in Canada, he returned to England and became Vice-Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 1867; and Rector of Purleigh, 1883. (See also Crockford). He died Nov. 10, 1889. His hymn-writing was limited. One, and that a very spirited lyric, is in Allon's Congregational Psalmist Hymnal, 1886 "Breathe on me, Breath of God." (Whitsuntide.) Dr. Hatch's hymns were published in his posthumous Towards Fields of Light, London 1890. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come
Author:	Edwin Hatch
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to come. Edwin Hatch. [The Holy Spirit.] From his Towards Fields of Light, 1890, p. 25. It is usually given as in Horder's Hymns Supp. to Existing Collections, 1894, “I dare not hope that Thou," &c.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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