ELHB Hymn 6
Lord, when we bend before Thy throne
Joseph D. Carlyle (1802)
Hymn Text
6. Lord, when we bend before Thy throne
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1 Lord, when we bend before Thy throne,
And our confessions pour,
Teach us to feel the sins we own
And hate what we deplore.
And our confessions pour,
Teach us to feel the sins we own
And hate what we deplore.
2 Our broken spirit pitying see;
True penitence impart;
Then let a kindling glance from Thee
Beam hope upon the heart.
True penitence impart;
Then let a kindling glance from Thee
Beam hope upon the heart.
3 When our responsive tongues essay
Their grateful hymns to raise,
Grant that our souls may join the lay
And mount to Thee in praise.
Their grateful hymns to raise,
Grant that our souls may join the lay
And mount to Thee in praise.
4 When we disclose our wants in prayer,
May we our wills resign;
And not a thought our bosom share
Which is not wholly Thine.
May we our wills resign;
And not a thought our bosom share
Which is not wholly Thine.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #6