Whence Come Those Loud And Mournful Cries

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Whence come those loud and mournful cries

Author: Thomas Kelly
Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR
Published in 1 hymnal

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	Ten Hymn Introductions, Set 1

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1 Whence come those loud and mournful cries,
That speak a mind bereft of joy?
They come from him who yonder lies,
Where flames devour, but can’t destroy.

2 I wonder not that he should fill
The world with loud incessant cries;
He feels no joy, nor ever will;
His foe the worm that never dies.

3 "One drop of water! one!" he cries:
Unhappy wretch! what woe is thine?
While Justice with a frown replies,
"It cannot be—the prisoner’s mine!"

4 Beholding such a sight as this,
Let things eternal be my care
And never may my case be his,
Whom God abandons to despair.

5 I’ll keep in view the sinner’s friend,
Whose arms I see extended wide:
At sight of Him, my terrors end;
His merit all my guilt will hide.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16694

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Author: Thomas Kelly

Kelly, Thomas, B.A., son of Thomas Kelly, a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, was born in Dublin, July 13, 1769, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was designed for the Bar, and entered the Temple, London, with that intention; but having undergone a very marked spiritual change he took Holy Orders in 1792. His earnest evangelical preaching in Dublin led Archbishop Fowler to inhibit him and his companion preacher, Rowland Hill, from preaching in the city. For some time he preached in two unconsecrated buildings in Dublin, Plunket Street, and the Bethesda, and then, having seceded from the Established Church, he erected places of worship at Athy, Portarlington, Wexford, &c, in which he conducted divine worship and preached. H… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Whence come those loud and mournful cries
Title:	Whence Come Those Loud And Mournful Cries
Author:	Thomas Kelly
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture (Dublin: Thomas Johnson, 1812)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain