Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs

No. 100
Metre 10s.
Tune MENDELSSOHN.
Words Anon.
Music Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs,That sinks exhausted in the summer's chase,So pants my soul for thee, great King of kings,So thirsts to reach thy sacred dwelling-place.

Lord, thy sure mercies, ever in my sight,My heart shall gladden through the tedious day;And 'midst the dark and gloomy shades of night,To thee, my God, I 'll tune the grateful lay.

Why faint, my soul? why doubt Jehovah's aid?Thy God the God of mercy still shall prove;Within his courts thy thanks shall yet be paid;Unquestioned be his faithfulness and love.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «100», tune name «MENDELSSOHN. 10s.» centred over the music, «Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.» at the right (capitals and small capitals; a wavy pen line is drawn under the name in this copy — not print); running head «WORSHIP—ATTRIBUTES AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD.». Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «As». Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns below the music (stanza 2 left, stanza 3 right), under the reference line «249, 568.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 249 or 568). «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» («day ;», «soul ?», «aid ?», «prove ;», «paid ;»); it is closed up here. «'midst» with the apostrophe; «I 'll» (stanza 2) is set with a space before the apostrophe and is kept so, as in HT_0026 and HT_0077; the apostrophe of «summer's» is straightened. «Thy God the God of mercy still shall prove;» has no comma after the first «God», as printed. Lines too long for the column run over to an indented printed line («…through the / tedious day;», «…shades / of night,», «…grateful / lay.», «…Jehovah's / aid?», «…shall / prove;», «…be / paid;», «…and / love.»); they are joined here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print.