The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

Jesus, full of all compassion

No. 466
Metre 8s & 7s. D.
Tune DEERHURST.
Words Daniel Turner.
Music Langran.
Key F major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

Jesus, full of all compassion,Hear thy humble suppliant's cry;Let me know thy great salvation;See, I languish, faint and die;Guilty, but with heart relenting,Overwhelmed with helpless grief,Prostrate at thy feet repenting,Send, O send me quick relief!

Whither should my soul be flyingBut to him who comfort gives?Whither from the dread of dyingBut to him who ever lives?While I view thee, wounded, grieving,Breathless on the cursed tree,Fain I'd feel my heart believingThou didst suffer thus for me.

With thy righteousness and SpiritI am more than angels blessed;Heir with thee, all things inherit,—Peace and joy, and endless rest:Saved! the deed shall spread new gloryThrough the shining realms above;Angels sing the pleasing story,All enraptured with thy love.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE.»; hymn number «466» (large), tune name «DEERHURST. 8s & 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals, the «D.» small), «LANGRAN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves: one line per system in systems 1–2, with «1.» before «Je-»; in system 3 (lines 5–8, inside repeat signs with «1st.» and «2d.» endings) two lines enclosed by braces, the first sung the first time («Guilt-y, but with heart re-lent-ing, Overwhelmed with helpless grief,»), the second on the repeat («Prostrate at thy feet re-penting, Send, O send me (omit) . . . quick re-lief!» — «(omit)» in italics under the 1st ending, «quick re-lief!» centred between the two lines under the 2nd ending). «suppliant's», «languish,», «Overwhelmed», «helpless», «Prostrate» and «penting,» are printed as unbroken words under two or three notes. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «844, 501, 132.» in italic figures (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 844, 501 or 132; the middle 4 of 844 is almost lost in the print), followed by «Daniel Turner.» in italics. The print sets a thin space before «;», «?», «!» and «:» («cry ;», «tion ;», «gives ?», «Saved !», «rest :», «re-lief !»); it is closed up here. «I'd» as printed, apostrophe written straight. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.