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HAVE COMPASSION, LORD, ON ME!

Scripture Verse

God be merciful to me, a sinner. Luke 18:13

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Fa­mous Hymns, ed­it­ed by Ed­win O. Ex­cell & Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Bi­ble In­sti­tute Col­port­age As­so­ci­ation, 1907), num­ber 19. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Liz­zie Ed­wards, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms. Giv­en that the John Swe­ney died be­fore this book was is­sued, it is like­ly this was not the first pub­li­ca­tion of the song. If you have de­tails of an ear­li­er pub­li­ca­tion, would you send us an e-mail?

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 ).

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John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

O my Sav­ior, I am wea­ry!
Let my cry to Thee as­cend
While in hum­ble sup­pli­ca­tion
Now before Thy throne I bend!

Refrain

Weak and help­less, yet be­liev­ing,
Casting all my care on Thee,
I am hop­ing, trust­ing, pray­ing;
Have com­pas­sion, Lord, on me!

O my Sav­ior, tho’ un­wor­thy,
I have no­where else to go;
Thou canst par­don my trans­gress­ions,
Thou canst wash me white as snow!

Refrain

O my Sav­ior, by Thy Spir­it
Thou hast called me o’er and o’er;
Now re­pent­ant I am com­ing;
Lord, my wan­d’ring soul re­store!

Refrain

O my Sav­ior, do not leave me
Here to per­ish at Thy throne;
In Thy ten­der, lov­ing mer­cy
Cleanse and make me all Thine own!

Refrain