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The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

O Thou that hearest the prayer of faith

  • No. 470
  • Metre C. P. M.
  • Tune Chardon
  • Words Augustus M. Toplady.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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O Thou that hearest the prayer of faith,Wilt thou not save a soul from deathThat casts itself on thee?I have no refuge of my own,But fly to what my Lord hath done,And suffered once for me.

2

Slain in the guilty sinner's stead,His spotless righteousness I plead,And his availing blood:That righteousness my robe shall be,That merit shall atone for me,And bring me near to God.

3

Then save me from the second death,The Spirit of adoption breathe,His consolations send;By him some word of life impart,And sweetly whisper to my heart,"Thy Maker is thy friend."

4

Now, Lord, I would be thine alone;Come, take possession of thine own;For thou hast set me free:Released from Satan's hard command,See all my powers in waiting stand,To be employed by thee.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «470» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 152, below the music of hymn 469, then in italics and square brackets «[Tune, Chardon. No: 235.]» (sing to the tune CHARDON, hymn 235), then «C. P. M.» in bold at the right (= common particular metre, 8.8.6.8.8.6). The mark after «No» reads at 6× as a colon (two dots), not the usual period; it is kept as printed in `tune_ref_as_printed`. The four stanzas follow in the right column, numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); in each, lines 3 and 6 are indented (shown here by the indentation). The first word «O THOU» is set «O» + «THOU» in capitals and small capitals; written «O Thou». Stanza 3, line 2 is printed «TheSpirit» with no word space; written «The Spirit». «Augustus M. Toplady.» in italics at the end. The print sets a thin space before «?», «:» and «;» («thee ?», «blood :», «send ;», «alone ;», «own ;», «free :»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes and quotation marks are written straight («sinner's», «Satan's», «"Thy Maker is thy friend."»). 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. 470 · printed page 152
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01