5566. Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior

1. Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.

Refrain
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.

2. Let me at Thy throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief,
Kneeling there in deep contrition;
Help my unbelief. [Refrain]

3. Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace. [Refrain]

4. Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in Heav’n but Thee? [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Pass me not, O gentle Savior
Title: Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1868)
Refrain First Line: Savior, Savior
Language: English
Source: First appeared in Songs of Devotion, by Howard Doane (New York: 1870)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Hers was an age of evangelistic singing missions, and Fanny Crosby's hymns were always in request. So popular was the little poetess that she was invited to speak at many places where these missions were held. On one occasion, it was at a state prison. Much was hoped for from this particular meeting. As Fanny was speaking--and her very blindness gave her power--first one prisoner and then another would interrupt by calling on the good Lord not to pass me by. Fanny told that she was so touched by the pleas of these men that she could not get the thought of them out of her mind; indeed she said, I wrote the lines with the men's pleading wail still in my ears. Blanchard, pp. 76-7
Tune Information
Name: [Pass me not, O gentle Savior]
Composer: William Howard Doane (1870)
Incipit: 32171 65122 12332
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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