Low in the Dust

Low in the dust, O LORD, we lie

Author: Henry Francis Lyte (alt.)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Low in the dust, O LORD, we lie,
O'erwhelmed beneath Thy chastening rod;
Yet to Thy throne we humbly cry,
Yet look for all to God, our God!

2 How long shall we Thy rescue crave,
And Thou refuse Thy grace Divine?
Arise, Thy suffering Church to save,
And scatter all her foes and Thine!

3 Our past neglect no more reprove,
Our countless sins forget, forgive;
Shine forth once more a God of love;
Break off our bonds, and bid us live.

4 Accept the captive's lonely plea;
The contrite sinner's hopes restore.
Be Thine to guide, to guard, to free;
Be ours to praise Thee evermore.

Source: Psalms of Grace #79a

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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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