Alarming Drought

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O Lord, we tremble at thy frown

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Tune: WALSALL (Purcell)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Oh Lord, we tremble at Thy frown,
And dread Thy scourging hand;
The varied sins and crimes we own,
Of this our guilty land.

2 But spare, oh Lord, in mercy spare
The herbage of the field;
And under Thy paternal care,
May it abundance yield.

3 Restrain the solar fervid ray,
And grant refreshing rains;
Restore the verdure from decay,
And drench the parchèd plains.

4 But speak the word, and soon shall rise
The faint and withered grain;
And hopeful prospects of supplies,
Our hearts shall raise again.

5 Then we our gratitude will show,
To our preserver, God;
Our songs of melody shall flow,
And spread His praise abroad.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15781

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Lord, we tremble at thy frown
Title:	Alarming Drought
Author:	Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1818
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1930.