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419. O Help us, Lord! each hour of need

1 O help us, Lord! each hour of need
Thy heavenly succor give:
Help us in thought, and word, and deed,
Each hour on earth we live!

2 O help us, when our spirits bleed,
With contrite anguish sore;
And when our hearts are cold and dead,
O help us, Lord, the more!

3 O help us, through the prayer of faith,
More firmly to believe!
For still the more the servant hath,
The more shall he receive.

4 O help us, Jesus, from on high!
We know no help but Thee:
O help us so to live and die
As Thine in heaven to be!

Text Information
First Line: O Help us, Lord! each hour of need
Author: Henry Hart Milman (1827)
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Christian Life: Trust; Epiphany, Fourth Sunday; Lent, First Sunday (2 more...)
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #27 or #159
Tune Information
Name: BURFORD
Meter: C. M.
Key: g minor
Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Henry Purcell, 1690



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