Worship — Opening Hymns

Lord, we come before thee now

No. 15
Metre 7s.
Tune Hendon
Words William Hammond.
Music C. H. A. Malan.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 2/2
5 stanzas

Words

Lord, we come before thee now,At thy feet we humbly bow;O do not our suit disdain!Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain?

Lord, on thee our souls depend;In compassion now descend,Fill our hearts with thy rich grace,Tune our lips to sing thy praise.

Send some message from thy wordThat may joy and peace afford;Let thy Spirit now impartFull salvation to each heart,

Comfort those who weep and mourn,Let the time of joy return;Those that are cast down lift up,Make them strong in faith and hope.

Grant that all may seek, and findThee a God supremely kind;Heal the sick, the captive free;Let us all rejoice in thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WORSHIP—OPENING HYMNS.»; hymn number «15» (large, left), tune name «HENDON. 7s.» centred over the music, «C. H. A. MALAN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves, one text line per system, with «1.» before «Lord,»; the tune sings the last line of the stanza twice («Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain? Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain?»), the second time to a different melody — the stanza below gives the line once, as poetry. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the italic reference line «240, 272, 457.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 240, 272 or 457); «William Hammond.» in italics after stanza 5. The first word of stanza 1 is set in the interlinear text only (no small capitals). Lines 2–4 of each printed stanza are not indented. The printer's hair space before «;» and «!» (bow ;, depend ;, dis-dain !, vain ?) is closed up here and kept in `lyrics_syllables.txt`. «Fiil» in stanza 2, line 3, is printed so (a slip for «Fill») and kept as printed — see `uncertainties.md`.