The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Thou coming One, our wants relieve

No. 484
Metre C. M. D.
Tune PERSEVERANCE.
Words John Fawcett.
Music Unknown.
Key G major
Time 6/8
3 stanzas

Words

Thou coming One, our wants relieveIn this our evil day;To all thy tempted followers giveThe power to watch and pray.Long as our fiery trials last,Long as the cross we bear,O let our souls on thee be cast,In all-prevailing prayer.

The power of interceding graceGive us in faith to claim;To wrestle till we see thy face,And know thy hidden name.Till then thy perfect love impart;Till thou appear belowBe this the cry of every heart,—"I will not let thee go."

I will not let thee go, unlessThou tell thy name to me;With all thy great salvation bless,And make me all like thee.Then let me on the mountain-topBehold thy open face,Where faith in sight is swallowed up,And prayer in joyful praise.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—HYMNS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP.»; hymn number «484» (large), tune name «PERSEVERANCE. C. M. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals, the «D.» small), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, with «1.» before the braces: its first four lines are printed in two rows in braces under the repeated section of the music («{ Thou com-ing One, our wants re-lieve In this our e - vil day; / To all thy tempted fol-lowers give The power to watch and pray. }»: first and second time), then «Long as our fie-ry tri-als last, Long as the cross we bear, O let our souls on thee be cast, In all-prevailing prayer.». Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns below the music; no reference line is printed for this hymn. «John Fawcett.» in italics after stanza 3. In the text stanzas, lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 are indented. The print sets a thin space before «;» («day ;», «claim ;», «impart ;», «me ;») and before the comma of «face ,» (stanza 3); it is closed up here. Pencil annotations of the exemplar on the page are not printed matter and are not transcribed. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.