Introduction
Words: Henry C. Graves, in Welcome Songs, No. 2, 1879.
Music: Hanalei Bay George C. Stebbins (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Graves (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.
Psalm 143:1
Words: Henry C. Graves, in Welcome Songs, No. 2, 1879.
Music: Hanalei Bay George C. Stebbins (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Graves (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
All-seeing, gracious Lord—
My heart before Thee lies;
All sin of thought and life abhorred,
My soul to Thee would rise.
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Hear Thou my prayer, O God,
Unite my heart to Thee;
Beneath Thy love, beneath Thy rod,
From sin deliver me.
Thou knowest all my need,
My inmost thought dost see;
Ah, Lord! from all allurements freed,
Like Thee transformed I’d be.
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Thou holy blessèd One,
To me, I pray, draw near;
My spirit fill, O heav’nly Son,
With loving, godly fear.
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Bind Thou my life to Thine,
To me Thy life is given;
While I my all to Thee resign,
Thou art my all in Heav’n.
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