By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M. 2 Kings xxii. 19, 20.
      1 O FOR that tenderness of heart
      Which bows before the Lord,
      Acknowledging how just thou art,
      And trembles at thy word!
      O for those humble, contrite tears
      Which from repentance flow,
      That consciousness of guilt which fears
      The long-suspended blow!

      2 Saviour, to me in pity give
      The sensible distress,
      The pledge thou wilt at last receive,
      And bid me die in peace;
      Wilt from the dreadful day remove,
      Before the evil come;
      My spirit hide with saints above,
      My body in the tomb.