Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

Lord, with glowing heart I 'd praise thee

  • No. 96
  • Words Francis Scott Key.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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Lord, with glowing heart I 'd praise thee
For the bliss thy love bestows;
For the pardoning grace that saves me,
And the peace that from it flows:
Help, O God, my weak endeavor;
This dull soul to rapture raise;
Thou must light the flame, or never
Can my soul be warmed to praise.

2

Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee,
Wretched wanderer, far astray;
Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee
From the paths of death away;
Praise, with love's devoutest feeling,
Him who saw thy guilt-born fear,
And, the light of hope revealing,
Bade the blood-stained cross appear.

3

Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling
Vainly would my lips express:
Low before thy footstool kneeling,
Deign thy suppliant's prayer to bless;
Let thy grace, my soul's chief treasure,
Love's pure flame within me raise;
And, since words can never measure,
Let my life show forth thy praise.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «96» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 35, below hymn 95, with the reference line «503, 499, 466.» in italics (= sing to the tune of hymn 503, 499 or 466); stanza 1 runs from the foot of the left column (lines 1–4) to the top of the right column (lines 5–8); stanzas 2–3 follow in the right column; «Francis Scott Key.» in italics at the end. The first word «LORD» is set in capitals and small capitals. «I 'd» is printed with a space before the apostrophe and is kept so. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («bestows ;», «flows :», «endeavor ;», «raise ;», «astray ;», «away ;», «express :», «bless ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is 8s & 7s, 8 lines — 8.7.8.7 D, like the three tunes referred to).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Attributes and Providence of God · No. 96 · printed page 35
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30