| Text: | In the Hour of Trial |
| Author: | James Montgomery |
| Tune: | PENITENCE (LANE) |
| Composer: | Spencer Lane |
1 In the hour of trial,
Jesus, plead for me;
lest by base denial
I depart from thee;
when thou seest me waver,
with a look recall,
nor for fear or favor
suffer me to fall.
2 With its witching pleasures
would this vain world charm,
or its sordid treasures
spread to work me harm,
bring to my remembrance
sad Gethsemane,
or, in darker semblance,
cross-crowned Calvary.
3 If with sore affliction
thou in love chastise,
pour thy benediction
on the sacrifice;
then, upon thine altar
freely offered up,
though the flesh may falter,
faith shall drink the cup.
4 When in dust and ashes
to the grave I sink,
while heav'n's glory flashes
o'er the shelving brink,
on thy truth relying
through that mortal strife,
Lord, receive me, dying,
to eternal life.
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| First Line: | In the hour of trial |
| Title: | In the Hour of Trial |
| Author: | James Montgomery (1834) |
| Meter: | 6.5.6.5.D. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | The Christian Life: Conflict With Sin; Death: Trusting God in; Faith: Living by (1 more...) |
| Source: | alt. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | PENITENCE (LANE) |
| Composer: | Spencer Lane (1879) |
| Meter: | 6.5.6.5.D. |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
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