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The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

With tearful eyes I look around

  • No. 430
  • Words Charlotte Elliott.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

With tearful eyes I look around;Life seems a dark and stormy sea,Yet, 'mid the gloom, I hear a sound,A heavenly whisper, "Come to me."

2

It tells me of a place of rest;It tells me where my soul may flee:O, to the weary, faint, oppressed,How sweet the bidding, "Come to me.

3

"Come, for all else must fail and die!Earth is no resting-place for thee;To heaven direct thy weeping eye,I am thy portion; come to me."

4

O voice of mercy! voice of love!In conflict, grief, and agony,Support me, cheer me from above!And gently whisper, "Come to me."

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «430» (large) in the right column of p. 140, under «Cornelius Elven.» of hymn 429, with the italic reference line «471, 316, 347.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 471, 316 or 347) beside the number; stanzas 1–4 in the right column, «Charlotte Elliott.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «WITH» is set in capitals and small capitals. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The quotation that begins in stanza 2 line 4 («"Come to me.») runs on through stanza 3, which opens with a new quotation mark and closes it at its end («come to me."») — the print's convention for a quotation spanning two stanzas; kept as printed. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:», «!» and before the comma of «sea ,»; it is closed up here; quotation marks and the apostrophe of «'mid» are written straight. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., like the tunes referred to). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance · No. 430 · printed page 140
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01