The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Lamb of God! to thee I cry

No. 491
Words Richard Mant.
Singing key B♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to ROCK OF AGES (hymn 1114)

Words

Lamb of God! to thee I cry:By thy bitter agony,By thy pangs to us unknown,By thy spirit's parting groan,Lord, thy presence let me see,Manifest thyself to me.

Prince of life! to thee I cry:By thy glorious majesty,By thy triumph o'er the grave,Meek to suffer, strong to save,Lord, thy presence let me see,Manifest thyself to me.

Lord of glory, now on high,Hear thy needy servant's cry;With thy love my bosom fill,Prompt me to perform thy will;Then thy glory I shall see,Thou wilt bring me home to thee.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «491» (large) in the right column of p. 158, under «Charles Wesley.» of hymn 490, with the italic reference line «1114, 956.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 1114 or 956) beside the number; three stanzas of six lines in the right column, numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); «Richard Mant.» in italics after stanza 3, at the foot of the column. The first word «LAMB» is set in capitals and small capitals. All lines of each stanza stand at the same margin. The print sets a thin space before «:», «;» and «!» («God !», «cry :», «life !», «cry ;», «will ;»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is 7s. 6l., like hymn 489 on the same page and the two reference tunes). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's; apostrophes are written straight («spirit's», «o'er», «servant's»).