The Christian — Guidance and Protection

God of love that hearest prayer

No. 767
Metre 7s.
Tune HORTON.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music Xavier S. von Wartensee.
Key A major
Singing key G major
Time 3/4
5 stanzas

Words

God of love that hearest prayer,Kindly for thy people care,Who on thee alone depend;Love us, save us to the end.

Save us in the prosperous hour,From the flattering tempter's power,From his unsuspected wiles,From the world's pernicious smiles.

Cut off our dependence vainOn the help of feeble man;Every arm of flesh remove;Stay us only on thy love!

Men of worldly, low design,Let not these thy people join;Save us from the great and wise,Till they sink in their own eyes.

Never let the world break in;Fix a mighty gulf between:Keep us little and unknown,Prized and loved by God alone.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «767» (large, left), tune name «HORTON. 7s.» centred over the music, «XAVIER S. VON WARTENSEE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); one system of two staves across the page. Stanza 1 is set between the staves on a single line, after «1.», in a very small condensed bold type: «God of love that hearest prayer, Kindly for thy peo - ple care, Who on thee a - lone de - pend; Love us, save us to the end.» (the first word is blurred in the scan; the syllable hyphens are joined here). Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text below the music under the italic reference line «720, 821, 531.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 720, 821 or 531): stanzas 2–3 in the left column, 4–5 in the right column, lines not indented. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 Save»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 5. The printer's thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («man ;», «remove ;», «love !», «join ;», «in ;», «between :») and the wide space in «From the flattering» are closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.