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Text:In the Desert of Sorrow and Sin
Author:Henry R. Trickett
Tune:[In the desert of sorrow and sin]
Composer:Frederick Augustus Fillmore
Media:MIDI file

2964. In the Desert of Sorrow and Sin

1. In the desert of sorrow and sin,
Lo! I faint as I journey along;
With the warfare without and within,
See my strength and my hope nearly gone.

Refrain
I thirst, let me drink,
Of the live-giving stream let me drink;
’Tis the Rock, cleft for me,
’Tis the water, the water of life.

2. In my weakness I turn to the fount,
From the Rock that was smitten for me;
And I drink, and I joyfully count
All my trials a blessing to be. [Refrain]

3. O Thou God of compassion, I pray,
Let me ever abide in Thy sight;
Let me drink of the fount day by day,
Till I join Thee in mansions of light. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: In the desert of sorrow and sin
Title: In the Desert of Sorrow and Sin
Author: Henry R. Trickett (1887)
Refrain First Line: I thirst, let me drink
Language: English
Source: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book, Part III (Cincinnati, Ohio: Fillmore Brothers Music House, 1887)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [In the desert of sorrow and sin]
Composer: Frederick Augustus Fillmore
Incipit: 13556 65351 71776
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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