Lord, I have sinned, but O forgive

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Lord, I have sinned, but O forgive

Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Tune: BURFORD (Purcell)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 LORD, I have sinned; but, O forgive,
Nor cast me quite away.
Restore my soul, and bid me live,
And be my future stay.

2 O let me from my fall arise,
More watchful and more strong;
Light up my dim and tearful eyes,
And fill my mouth with song.

3 On Christ's prevailing sacrifice,
I all my hopes recline.
A broken spirit Thou dost prize;
And such, O LORD, be mine!

4 Give me a meek, dependent heart,
For all my days to come;
Nor let Thy Spirit e'er depart,
Till I am safe at home.

Source: Psalms of Grace #51c

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Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

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