Sweet Savior!

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Sweet Savior, in Thy pitying grace

Author: Theoktistos, ho Stouditēs; Translator: R. M. Moorsom
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1. Sweet Savior! in Thy pitying grace
Thy sweetness to our souls impart;
Thou only Lover of our race
Give healing to the wounded heart;
Oh! hear Thy contrite servants’ cry,
And save us, Jesu! lest we die.

2. Long-suffering Jesu! hear our prayer
Who weep before Thee in our shame;
We have no hope but Thee; O spare,
Lord, spare us from th’undying flame;
Oh! hear Thy contrite servants’ cry,
And save us, Jesu! lest we die.

3. All we have broken Thy command;
Lord, help us for Thy mercies’ sake;
Deliver us from Satan’s hand,
And safely to Thy kingdom take;
Oh! hear Thy contrite servants’ cry,
And save us, Jesu! lest we die.

4. We flee for refuge to Thy love,
Salvation of the helpless soul;
Pour down Thy radiance from above,
And make these sin-worn spirits whole:
Oh! hear Thy contrite servants’ cry,
And save us, Jesu! lest we die.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #6297

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Author: Theoktistos, ho Stouditēs

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Translator: R. M. Moorsom

Moorsom, Robert Maude, M.A., son of Admiral Moorsom, was born at Cosgrove Priory, Feb. 2, 1831, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A., 1854; M.A., 1858. Taking Holy Orders in 1857, he was Curate of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, 1857-59; Barnham-Broom, Norfolk, 1861; and Rector of Sadberge, Durham, 1861-81. Mr. Moorsom published in 1889 A Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient and Modern. He has also edited a pamphlet on The Writers of Hymns Ancient & Modern, according to their Churches, and contributed to the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Sweet Savior, in Thy pitying grace
Title:	Sweet Savior!
Author:	Theoktistos, ho Stouditēs
Translator:	R. M. Moorsom
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain