O Thou who dost to man accord

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O Thou who dost to man accord

Author: John William Hewett
Tune: INNSBRUCK
Published in 11 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Communion Hymns for Organ, Vol. 2

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1 O thou who dost to man accord
his highest prize, his best reward,
thou hope of all our race;
Jesu, to thee we now draw near,
our earnest supplications hear,
who humbly seek thy face.

2 With self-accusing voice within
our conscience tells of many a sin
in thought, and word, and deed:
O cleanse that conscience from all stain,
the penitent restore again,
from every burthen freed.

3 If thou reject us, who shall give
our fainting spirits strength to live?
’Tis thine alone to spare;
with cleansèd hearts to pray aright,
and find acceptance in thy sight,
be this our lowly prayer.

4 ’Tis thou has blessed this solemn fast;
so may its days by us be passed
in self-control severe,
that, when our Easter morn we hail,
its mystic feast we may not fail
to keep with conscience clear.

5 O blessèd Trinity, bestow
thy pardoning grace on us below,
and shield us evermore;
until, within thy courts above,
we see thy face, and sing thy love,
and with thy saints adore.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #122

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Author: John William Hewett

Hewett, John William, M.A., was born in 1824, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852). From 1849 to 1852 he was a Fellow of St. Nicolas College, Shoreham; and subsequently he was Head Master of Bloxham Grammar School (1853-56), and Senior Classical Master in the North London College School (1874-78). He has also held curacies in London and the neighbourhood. He edited The Sealed Copy of the Prayer Book, 1848, and other works, and is the author of History and Description of Exeter Cathedral; and another of Ely. His original hymns and translations appeared in his Verses by a Country Curate 1859. From this work the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. In the Name of God the Father. Holy Communion. Th… Go to person page >

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