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Text:Vile Tempter, Quick Be Gone
Author:Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
Tune:ORRINGTON
Arranger:Lowell Mason
Composer:Carl F. Zelter
Media:MIDI file

16239. Vile Tempter, Quick Be Gone

1 Vile tempt­er, quick be gone,
Thy snares are spread in vain;
Thy fie­ry darts, to wound my soul,
Retort on thee again.

2 Though in an an­gel’s form,
Through the dis­guise I see;
Thou art an ene­my to God,
A cru­el foe to me.

3 Thine art­ful stra­ta­gems
Shall teach me to be­ware;
Great is thy cru­el­ty and rage,
And great shall be my care.

4 Or should I fee­ble prove,
Know, Jesus is my friend;
Through Him thy base at­tempts shall fail,
And in con­fu­sion end.

5 He con­quered on the cross,
And will new con­quests gain;
Begone, se­duc­er vile, be gone,
Thy snares are spread in vain.

Text Information
First Line: Vile tempt­er, quick be gone
Title: Vile Tempter, Quick Be Gone
Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: OLMUTZ by Lowell Mason, OLNEY by Lowell Mason, NYACK by Charles C. Washburn
Tune Information
Name: ORRINGTON
Composer: Carl F. Zelter
Arranger: Lowell Mason
Meter: SM
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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