Lord, forgive me, day by day, Debts I cannot hope to pay

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Lord, forgive me, day by day, Debts I cannot hope to pay

Author: Josiah Conder
Tune: ALETTA
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	FAMILIAR HYMNS FOR THE PIANO

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1 Lord, forgive me, day by day,
Debts I cannot hope to pay;
Duties I have left undone,
Evils I have failed to shun;

2 Trespasses in word or thought;
Deeds from evil motive wrought;
Cold ingratitude; distrust;
Thoughts unhallowed, or unjust.

3 Much forgiven, may I learn
Love for hatred to return;
Then assured my heart shall be
Thou, my God, hast pardoned me.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #460

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Author: Josiah Conder

Josiah Conder was born in London, in 1789. He became a publisher, and in 1814 became proprietor of "The Eclectic Review." Subsequently to 1824, he composed a series of descriptive works, called the "Modern Traveller," which appeared in thirty volumes. He also published several volumes of poems and hymns. He was the author of the first "Congregational Hymn Book" (1836). He died in 1855. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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