With broken heart and contrite sigh

Representative Text

1 With broken heart and contrite sigh
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry:
Thy pardoning grace is rich and free
O God, be merciful to me.

2 I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscience guilt oppressed;
Christ and His cross my only plea:
O God, be merciful to me.

3 Far off I stand with tearful eyes,
Nor dare uplift them to the skies;
But Thou dost all my anguish see:
O God, be merciful to me.

4 Nor alms, nor deeds that I have done,
Can for a single sin atone;
To Calvary alone I flee:
O God, be merciful to me.

5 And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
With all the ransomed throng I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be,
God has been merciful to me.

Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1871

Author: Cornelius Elven

Elven, Cornelius, pastor for fifty years of the Baptist Church at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, was born in 1797, and died in 1873. His hymn, "With broken heart and contrite sigh” (Lent), is found in several collections in Great Britain and America. It was written in Jan., 1852 (Miller's Singers & Songs, p., 449) for use at special services by his own congregation, and was included in the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: With broken heart and contrite sigh
Author: Cornelius Elven (1852)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #7518
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 215)
Page Scan

A Handy Book of Old and Familiar Hymns #10

Page Scan

A Selection of Spiritual Songs #456

TextPage Scan

American Lutheran Hymnal #72

Book of Common Praise #d654

Book of Hymns for the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States #d291

TextPage Scan

Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #376

Page Scan

Book of Worship #75

Page Scan

Bradbury's Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #109

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d1037

Cân a Mawl #183b

Page Scan

Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #317

Page Scan

Carmina Sanctorum #317

Page Scan

Christian Praise #86

TextPage Scan

Christian Worship (1993) #303

Page Scan

Church Hymnal #63

Church Hymns and Services, Published under License of the Church Pension Fund #d269

Page Scan

Church Hymns and Tunes #278

Church Hymns with Tunes #558

Page Scan

Church Psalmist #755

Page Scan

Church Psalmist #755

Page Scan

College Hymnal #142

Page Scan

Common Praise #292

TextPage Scan

Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #316

Page Scan

Echoes of Paradise #280

Page Scan

Evangelical Hymnal #228

Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book with Tunes #d528

TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #418

TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran hymnal #498

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. 9th ed. #d49

TextPage Scan

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #455

Familiar Hymns #13a

Familiar Hymns #13b

Page Scan

Gloria Deo #316

Gloria in Excelsis #d775

Gospel Tent Hymns #d205

Page Scan

Gospel Tent Hymns #41

Page Scan

Hallowed Songs #124

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d575

Page Scan

Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #228

Page Scan

Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #259

Page Scan

Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #71a

Page Scan

Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #71b

Page Scan

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #419

Page Scan

Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #112

Page Scan

Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #55

Page Scan

Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #112

Hymnal for Church and Home. 4th ed. #d142

Hymnal for Sunday School and Social Worship #d243

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d861

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adopted in General Council, Chicago, May 1879 #d348

Text

Hymnal #71

Page Scan

Hymnal #71

Hymnbook for Christian Worship #50

Page Scan

Hymni Ecclesiae #153

Page Scan

Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #272

Page Scan

Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #272

Page Scan

Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #481

Page Scan

Hymns and Tunes #112

Hymns for Social Worship, Compiled for the Use of Canadian Baptist Churches #d336

Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d286

Page Scan

Hymns for the Church #171

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1324

Page Scan

Hymns of the Ages #140

Page Scan

Hymns of the Ages #140

Hymns of The Voice of Praise #d307

Page Scan

Hymns of Worship and Service #246

Page Scan

Hymns of Worship and Service (15th ed.) #246

Page Scan

Hymns of Worship and Service (Chapel Ed., 4th ed.) #171

Page Scan

Hymns of Worship and Service #246

Page Scan

Hymns of Worship and Service #171

Page Scan

Hymns of Worship and Service. (Chapel ed.) #171

Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs with Responsive Readings #d437

Page Scan

Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs #117

Page Scan

In Excelsis #406a

Page Scan

In Excelsis #406b

Page Scan

In Excelsis #a406a

Page Scan

In Excelsis #a406b

TextPage Scan

Laudes Domini #295

Page Scan

Laudes Domini #610

TextPage Scan

Laudes Domini #270

Living Gospel Songs #d131

Page Scan

Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #201

TextPage Scan

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #443a

TextPage Scan

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #443b

Page Scan

Methodist Hymn-Book #262

Page Scan

Methodist Tune Book #39

Page Scan

Montreat Hymns #117

Page Scan

New Manual of Praise #286

Page Scan

Our New Hymnal #312

Our Service of Song #d296

Page Scan

Praise Songs #124

Page Scan

Precious Hymns #315

Page Scan

Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #681

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d942

Sacred Melodies (Revised) #d343

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d565

TextPage Scan

Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #367

Page Scan

Songs for Social and Public Worship #94

Pages

Exclude 210 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us