4707. O the Bitter Shame and Sorrow

1. O the bitter shame and sorrow,
That a time could ever be,
When I let the Savior’s pity
Plead in vain, and proudly answered,
All of self, and none of Thee!

2. Yet He found me; I beheld Him
Bleeding on th’accursèd tree,
Heard Him pray, Forgive them, Father!
And my wistful heart said faintly,
Some of self, and some of Thee!

3. Day by day His tender mercy,
Healing, helping, full and free,
Sweet and strong, and ah! so patient,
Brought me lower, while I whispered,
;Less of self, and more of Thee!

4. Higher than the highest heavens,
Deeper than the deepest sea,
Lord, Thy love at last hath conquered:
Grant me now my supplication,
None of self, and all of Thee!

Text Information
First Line: O the bitter shame and sorrow
Title: O the Bitter Shame and Sorrow
Author: Theodore Monod (1874)
Meter: 87.887
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Monod, a Parisian, wrote these words, in English, during a series of consecration meetings in Broadlands, Hampshire, England, in July 1874. At the close of the meetings, he gave them to Lord Mount-Temple, who had them printed on a program card for a series of similar meetings at Oxford in October 1874. Alternate tunes: OH, THE BITTER, William H. Monk, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889; TETWORTH, George M. Garrett, 1834-1897
Tune Information
Name: ST. JUDE
Composer: Charles John Vincent, Jr., 1852-1934
Meter: 87.887
Incipit: 56121 17255 56436
Key: B♭ Major
Source: The Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Hym­nal Sup­ple­ment with Tunes, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Prim­i­tive Meth­od­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1912), num­ber 100
Copyright: Public Domain



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