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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Desponding soul O cease thy woe (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: Desponding soul O cease thy woe

Topic: Despondency

Writer: T Walters

Composer: Crane

Meter: CPM

Tune: Willoughby

Hymn Number: 77

Page Number: 034, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

DESPONDING soul, O 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 Saviour hears'

From Him no longer stay.



No works of thine can e'er impart

A balm to heal the 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 pow'r 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;

O haste to share His grace!