1379. Even Me

1. Lord, I hear of showers of blessing,
Thou art scattering full and free;
Showers the thirsty land refreshing;
Let some drops now fall on me;
Even me, even me,
Let some drops now fall on me.

2. Pass me not, O God, my Father,
Sinful though my heart may be;
Thou mightst leave me, but the rather;
Let Thy mercy light on me;
Even me, even me,
Let Thy mercy light on me.

3. Pass me not, O gracious Savior,
Let me live and cling to Thee;
I am longing for Thy favor;
Whilst Thou’rt calling, O call me;
Even me, even me,
Whilst Thou’rt calling, O call me.

4. Pass me not, O mighty Spirit!
Thou canst make the blind to see;
Witnesser of Jesus’ merit,
Speak the Word of power to me;
Even me, even me,
Speak the Word of power to me.

5. Have I been in sin long sleeping,
Long been slighting, grieving Thee?
Has the world my heart been keeping?
O forgive and rescue me;
Even me, even me,
O forgive and rescue me.

6. Love of God, so pure and changeless,
Blood of Christ, so rich and free;
Grace of God, so strong and boundless
Magnify them all in me;
Even me, even me,
Magnify them all in me.

7. Pass me not; but pardon bringing,
Bind my heart, O Lord, to Thee;
Whilst the streams of life are springing,
Blessing others, O bless me;
Even me, even me,
Blessing others, O bless me.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, I hear of showers of blessing
Title: Even Me
Author: Elizabeth H. Codner (1860)
Language: English
Source: The Revival, April 28, 1860
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: A party of young friends over whom I was watching with anxious hope attended a meeting in which details were given of a revival work in Ireland. They came back greatly impressed. My fear was lest thir own fleece remain dry, and I pressed upon them the privilege and responsibility of getting a share in the outpoured blessing. On the Sunday following, not being well enough to get out, I had a time of quiet communion. Those children were still on my heart, and I longed to press upon them an earnest individual appeal. Without effort words seemed to be given to me, and they took the form of a hymn, which as it was passed from one to another of the young people, became a word of power. Price, p. 74. A gentleman in England sends this incident: A poor woman, in a dark village, attended a High Church mission, where the good Gospel hymn, 'Even Me,' was sung from a printed leaflet. A few days afterward the old woman became seriously ill, and soon she died. But she seemed to have taken in all the Gospel through this hymn, and to the last repeated with reverence and joy, 'Even me, even me,' not remembering one word of the sermon that she had heard at the mission. This was in 1877. Soon after we had an evangelistic meeting in the same village, in a barn three hundred years old, where this hymn was sung with great effect. Sankey, pp. 141-2 Alternate tunes: ETIAM ET MIHI, John B. Dykes, in the Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer, 1877; SHOWERS OF BLESSING (MACLAGAN), William D. MacLagan, in the Collection of Hymn Tunes, 1884.
Tune Information
Name: EVEN ME
Composer: William Bachelder Bradbury (1862)
Incipit: 34514 33223 42171
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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