The Christian — Unfaithfulness Lamented

Hark! my soul, it is the Lord

No. 587
Metre 7s.
Tune LOVEST THOU ME?
Words William Cowper.
Music Unknown.
Key A minor
Singing key G♯ minor
Time 3/4
6 stanzas

Words

Hark! my soul, it is the Lord;'T is the Saviour; hear his word;Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?

I delivered thee when bound,And when wounded, healed thy wound;Sought thee wandering, set thee right,Turned thy darkness into light.

Can a mother's tender careCease toward the child she bare?Yes, she may forgetful be,Yet will I remember thee.

Mine is an unchanging love,Higher than the hights above,Deeper than the depths beneath,Free and faithful, strong as death.

Thou shalt see my glory soon,When the work of grace is done;Partner of my throne shalt be:Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?

Lord, it is my chief complaintThat my love's so weak and faint;Yet I love thee, and adore;O for grace to love thee more!

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—UNFAITHFULNESS LAMENTED.»; hymn number «587» (large), tune name «LOVEST THOU ME? 7s.» centred over the music (capitals and small capitals; the tune name carries a question mark), «UNKNOWN.» at the right in the composer's place (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one verse-line pair per system, with «1.» before «Hark!»; under the staves the words are divided «Sav - iour», «Je - sus», «sin - ner» (joined here). Stanzas 2–6 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «333, 457, 720.» in bold italic figures (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 333, 457 or 720). «William Cowper.» in italics after stanza 6. All lines of a stanza start at the same margin. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:», «?» and «!» («wound ;», «done ;», «be :», «bare ?», «more !»); it is closed up here. «'T is» keeps the print's spacing of the elision; «hights» is the print's spelling. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.