The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

God of my life, to thee I call

No. 697
Words William Cowper.
Singing key E♭ major
4 stanzas

Sung to UXBRIDGE (hymn 624)

Words

God of my life, to thee I call,Afflicted at thy feet I fall;When the great water-floods prevail,Leave not my trembling heart to fail.

Friend of the friendless and the faint,Where shall I lodge my deep complaint?Where but with thee, whose open doorInvites the helpless and the poor?

Did ever mourner plead with thee,And thou refuse that mourner's plea?Does not the word still fixed remain,That none shall seek thy face in vain?

Poor though I am, despised, forgot,Yet God, my God, forgets me not;And he is safe and must succeedFor whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «697» (large) in the right column of p. 227, below «Josiah Conder.» of hymn 696, with the italic reference line «624, 51, 875.» beside it (= sing to the tunes of hymns 624, 51 or 875). Four stanzas, numbered «1» … «4» (no period; written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book), all lines set flush; «William Cowper.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «GOD» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «God» here. «water-floods» is hyphenated in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» («fall ;», «complaint ?», «poor ?», «plea ?», «vain ?», «not ;»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., like the tunes referred to). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.