As I prepared the final notes for my sermon tomorrow, this hymn kept going through my mind, I found myself singing it as I prepared my text (Genesis 42)...
Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Refrain
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Let me at Thy throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief,
Kneeling there in deep contrition;
Help my unbelief.
Refrain
Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.
Refrain
Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heav’n but Thee?
Refrain
TEXT: Fanny Crosby
MUSIC: William H. Doane
6 comments:
Personally I object to the chorus of this hymn.
'Pass me not' shows an appalliong lack of faith and assurance in Christ's work.
God Bless
Matthew
That is too bad Matthew -- I don't see it that way... The hymn is progressive, starting with the first verse and going through to the end -- The refrain is simply a methodology of hymnody (or songs in general)... The verses show a definitive progression...
I don't know how you see an 'appalling lack of faith and assurance in Christ's work' in a song that has this verse:
Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heav’n but Thee?
Yes, I suppose that is better. But I do feel uncomfortable those words about 'passing me by'.
God Bless
Matthew
Yes, and I think the hymn-writer did as well! :-)
I haven't heard this hymn for years. Thanks Ray.
Bugs -- I have a few more I may be posting soon... Not to break off the Tabernacle study but interleaved with it...
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