Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Why O my soul why weepest thou (FL)

Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns

Date: 1818

Compiler: Rice Haggard

Publisher/Printer: John Norvell

First Line: Why O my soul why weepest thou

Topic: Repenting Sinner

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

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 37

Page Number: 041, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Why, O my soul why weepest thou?

Tell me from whence arise

Those briny tears that often flow,

Those groans that pierce the skies?



Is sin the cause of thy complaint,

Or the chastising rod?

Dost thou an evil heart lament,

And mourn an absent God?



Lord, let me weep for nought but sin,

And after none but thee,

And then, I would, O that I might!

A constant weeper be!