The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Chief of sinners though I be

No. 489
Metre 7s. 6l.
Tune SPANISH HYMN.
Words McComb.
Music Spanish.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

Chief of sinners though I be,Jesus shed his blood for me,Died that I might live on high,—Died that I might never die;As the branch is to the vine,I am his, and he is mine.

O the hight of Jesus' love!Higher than the heaven above,Deeper than the deepest sea,Lasting as eternity;Love that found me,—wondrous tho't!—Found me when I sought him not!

Chief of sinners though I be,Christ is all in all to me;All my wants to him are known,All my sorrows are his own;Safe with him from earthly strife,He sustains the hidden life.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—HYMNS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP.»; hymn number «489» (large), tune name «SPANISH HYMN. 7s. 6l.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «SPANISH.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set with the music in three places: under system 1, between the staves, the roman line «1. Chief of sin - ners though I be, Je - sus shed his blood for me,» (lines 1–2) and, under it in italics after «D. C.—», «As the branch is to the vine, I am his, and he is mine.» (lines 5–6, sung to system 1 after the D. C.); under system 2, «Died that I might live on high,—Died that I might nev - er die;» (lines 3–4). Stanza 1 is given below in verse order (lines 1–6). Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column under the italic reference line «1114, 331,» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 1114 or 331), numbered «2», «3» without periods (written «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); all lines flush. «McComb.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «,», «;» and «!» («me ,», «die ;», «eternity ;», «own ;», «love !», «tho't !—», «not !»); it is closed up here. Spelling («hight», «tho't»), punctuation (the dashes in «high,—» and «me,—wondrous tho't!—») and capitals are the print's; apostrophes are written straight. In stanza 2, line 1, a thin upright mark stands between «O» and «the» at cap height; it is not written here (see uncertainties.md).