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Hymn: Desponding soul oh cease thy woe (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Desponding soul oh cease thy woe

Topic: Present and Future/Second Advent

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: L Mason

Meter: CPM

Tune: Meribah

Hymn Number: 745

Page Number: 273, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Desponding soul, oh cease thy woe;

Dry up thy tears; to Jesus go,

In faith's appointed way;

Let not thy unbelieving fears

Still hold thee back-thy Savior hears-

From him no longer stay.



No works of thine can e'er impart

A balm to heal thy wounded heart,

Or solid comfort give;

Turn, then, to him who freely gave

His precious blood thy soul to save;

E'en now he bids thee live.



Helpless and lost, to Jesus fly!

His power and love are ever nigh

To those who seek his face;

Thy deepest guilt on him was laid;

He bore thy sins, thy ransom paid;

Oh, haste to share his grace.