The Christian — Unfaithfulness Lamented

Saviour, Prince, enthroned above

No. 590
Metre P. M.
Tune PENITENCE.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music William H. Oakley.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 3/8
4 stanzas

Words

Saviour, Prince, enthroned above,Repentance to impart,Give me, through thy dying love,The humble, contrite heart;Give, what I have long implored,A portion of thy grief unknown;Turn, and look upon me, Lord,And break my heart of stone.

For thine own compassion's sake,The gracious wonder show;Cast my sins behind thy back,And wash me white as snow:If thy pity now is stirred,If now I do myself bemoan,Turn, and look upon me, Lord,And break my heart of stone.

See me, Saviour, from above,Nor suffer me to die!Life, and happiness, and love,Drop from thy gracious eye:Speak the reconciling word,And let thy mercy melt me down;Turn, and look upon me, Lord,And break my heart of stone.

Clothe me with thy holiness,Thy meek humility;Put on me thy glorious dress—Endue my soul with thee:Let thine image be restored,Thy name and nature let me prove;Fill me with thy fullness, Lord,And perfect me in love.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—UNFAITHFULNESS LAMENTED.»; hymn number «590» (large), tune name «PENITENCE. P. M.» centred over the music (condensed display capitals), «WILLIAM H. OAKLEY.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «Sav - iour,»: system 1 = verse lines 1–2, system 2 = verse lines 3–4, system 3 = verse lines 5–6; verse lines 7–8 are printed in italics as a second line under system 2, preceded by «D. S.—», and are sung there after the «D. S.» at the end of system 3 (the music returns to the segno over «Give» and ends at «Fine.» after «heart;» / «stone.»). Stanza 1 below is assembled in the order sung. «implored» and «unknown» are set unbroken under the staves; «Sav - iour», «a - bove», «Re - pent- ance», «im - part», «dy - ing», «hum - ble», «con - trite», «por - tion», «up - on» with spaced hyphens, «en-throned» with a tight hyphen. No reference line is printed for this hymn. Stanzas 2–4 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2», «3», «4» without a full stop (numbered «2.» etc. here like stanza 1), with «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 4. Lines 2, 4, 6, 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («show ;», «snow :», «die !»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. The meter (P. M.) is 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.6.