Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: While o'er our guilty land O Lord
Topic: Times and Seasons/Fasts
Writer: <no first name given> Davis
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1254
Page Number: 750, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhile o'er our guilty land, O Lord,
We view the terrors of thy sword;
Oh! whither shall the helpless fly;
To whom but thee direct their cry?
The helpless sinner's cries and tears
Are grown familiar to thy ears;
Oft has thy mercy sent relief,
When all was fear and hopeless grief.
On thee, our guardian God, we 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 hast 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 wo;
Let them prevail to save us too.