Scripture Verse

The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10

Introduction

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Edward Bickersteth (1825–1906)

Words: Ed­ward H. Bick­er­steth, Jr., 1849.

Music: Mar­tyr­dom Hugh Wil­son, 1800. Ar­ranged by Ralph E. Hud­son, cir­ca 1885 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Ralph Hudson (1843–1901)

Lyrics

O Je­sus, Sav­ior of the lost,
My rock and hid­ing place,
By storms of sin and sor­row tossed,
I seek Thy shel­ter­ing grace.

Guilty, for­give me, Lord, I cry;
Pursued by foes, I come;
A sin­ner, save me, or I die,
An out­cast, take me home.

Once safe in Thine al­migh­ty arms,
Let storms come on amain;
There dan­ger ne­ver, ne­ver harms;
There death it­self is gain.

And when I stand be­fore Thy throne,
And all Thy glo­ries see,
Still be my right­eous­ness alone
To hide my­self in Thee.