Thou Who Didst On Calvary Bleed

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Thou who didst on Calvary bleed

Author: James Drummond Burns
Published in 47 hymnals

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1 Thou who didst on Calvary bleed,
Thou who dost for sinners plead,
Help me in my time of need;
Jesus, hear my cry.

2 In my darkness and my grief,
With my heart of unbelief,
I, who am of sinners chief,
Lift to thee mine eye.

3 Foes without and fears within,
With no plea thy grace to win,
But that thou canst save from sin,
To thy cross I fly.

4 Others, long in fetters bound,
There deliverance sought and found,
Heard the voice of mercy sound;
Surely so may I.

5 There on thee I cast my care;
There to thee I raise my prayer;
Jesus, save me from despair,--
Save me, or I die.

6 When the storms of trial lower,
When I feel temptation's power,
In the last and darkest hour,
Jesus, be thou nigh.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient and modern #664

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Author: James Drummond Burns

Burns, James Drummond, M.A., was born at Edinburgh, February 18, 1823. He studied and graduated M.A. at the University of Edinburgh. In 1845 he became Free Church minister of Dunblane, but resigned through failing health, in 1848, and took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Funchal, Madeira. In 1855 he became minister of Hampstead Presbyterian Church, London. Died at Mentone, Nov. 27, 1864, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery, London. His hymns appeared in:— (l) The Vision of Prophecy: and other Poems (Edin., Edmonston and Douglas). This was originally published in 1854, and enlarged in 1858. The Poems are distinguished by vivid colouring and poetic imagination, along with directness, delicacy of execution, pensive sweetness, and t… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Thou who didst on Calvary bleed
Title:	Thou Who Didst On Calvary Bleed
Author:	James Drummond Burns
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

Thou Who didst on Calvary bleed. J. D. Burns. [Lent.] Appeared in his work of hymns and prayers, The Evening Hymn, 1857, No. 16, in 6 stanzas of 5 lines, and headed “Out of the depths”. Original text in Hymnal Companion, 1876, with "There deliverance," &c, for "Their deliverance," &c, in stanza iv. 1, 2.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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