Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: O thou that hear'st when sinners cry (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: O thou that hear'st when sinners cry

Topic: The New Life/Relapse and Recovery

Writer: <no first name given> Watts

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 939

Page Number: 559, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry,

Though all my sins before thee lie,

Behold me not with angry look,

But blot their memory from thy book.



Create my nature pure within,

And form my soul averse to sin;

Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,

Nor hide thy presence from my heart.



I can not live without thy light,

Cast out and banished from thy sight;

Thy holy joys, my God, restore,

And guard me that I fall no more.



Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord,

His help and comfort still afford;

And let a sinner seek thy throne,

To plead the merits of the Son.