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IMPLORING FORGIVENESS




’Tis sin, that worst of ills,
Disorders all my frame;
Conscience it arms with deadly stings,
And fills my face with shame.


In vain, alas, I strive,
My wretchedness to hide
With filthy rags of righteousness,
Which my own hands provide.


The holy law condemns
To everlasting pain;
Vain is the hope I draw from thence
And all the comfort vain.


Oh hear thy servant, Lord,
And thy compassion show;
Pardon my aggravated sins,
Forgive my duties too.


Abashed and self-abhorred,
I at thy footstool lie
And should thy mercy be withheld
Here I’m resolved to die.

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LYRICS
Meter: 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
Writer(s):
    Trans/Adapted:
      Dates: 1818
      Bible Refs: Gen 3:7; Ex 28:38; Is 64:6;
      LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
      Hymn/Song Book Year Song #
      1818# 433
      MUSIC
      Name: DONCASTER (BETHLEHEM)
      Meter: 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
      Writer(s):
        Dates: 1837
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