58. Saviour, When in Dust to Thee

1 Saviour when in dust to Thee
Low we bow th'adoring knee;
When repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our weeping eyes;
Oh, by all Thy pains and woe
Suffered once for man below,
Bending from Thy throne on high,
Hear our solemn Litany!

2 By Thy helpless infant years,
By Thy life of want and tears,
By Thy days of sore distress
In the savage wilderness;
By the dread, mysterious hour
Of the insulting tempter's power:
Turn, oh, turn, a favoring eye,
Hear our solemn Litany!

3 By Thine hour of dire despair,
By Thine agony of prayer;
By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear, and torturing scorn;
By the gloom that veiled the skies
O'er the dreadful sacrifice;
Listen to our humble cry,
Hear our solemn Litany!

4 By Thy deep expiring groan;
By the sad sepulchral stone,
By the vault whose dark abode
Held in vain the rising God;
Oh, from earth to heaven restored,
Mighty, reascended Lord,
Listen, listen to the cry
Hear our solemn Litany!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Saviour when in dust to Thee
Title: Saviour, When in Dust to Thee
Author: Sir Robert Grant, 1785-1838 (1815)
Meter: 7 7, 7 7. D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Topic: Lent
Tune Information
Name: SPANISH HYMN
Meter: 7 7, 7 7. D.



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