Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: While o'er our guilty land O Lord
Topic: National
Writer: Samuel Davis
Composer: Theodore Lwoff
Meter: LM
Tune: Theodore
Hymn Number: 119
Page Number: 045, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHILE o'er our guilty land, O Lord,
We view the terrors of thy sword,
O whither shall the helpless fly?
To whom but thee direct their cry?
The helpless sinner's cries and tears
Are grown familiar to thine ears;
Oft has thy mercy sent relief,
When all was fear and hopeless grief.
On thee, our guardian God, wee call;
Before thy throne of grace we fall.
And is there no deliverance there?
And must we perish in despair?
See, we repent, we weep, we mourn,
To our forsaken God we turn;
O spare our guilty country; spare
The church which thou has planted here.
We plead thy grace, indulgent God;
We plead thy Son's atoning blood;
We plead thy gracious promises-
And are they unavailing pleas?
These pleas, presented at thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe;
Let them prevail to save us, too.