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Text:When Cold Our Hearts
Author:John Monsell
Tune:ELIZABETHTOWN
Composer:George Kingsley
Media:MIDI file

7316. When Cold Our Hearts

1. When cold our hearts, and far from Thee
Our wandering spirits stray,
And thoughts and lips move heavily;
Lord, teach us how to pray.

2. Too vile to venture near Thy throne,
Too poor to turn away;
Our only voice—Thy Spirit’s groan—
Lord, teach us how to pray.

3. We know not how to seek Thy face
Unless Thou lead the way;
We have no words, unless Thy grace,
Lord, teach us how to pray.

4. Here every thought and fond desire
We on Thine altar lay;
And when our souls have caught Thy fire,
Lord, teach us how to pray.

Text Information
First Line: When cold our hearts, and far from Thee
Title: When Cold Our Hearts
Author: John Monsell (1837)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Hymns and Miscellaneous Poems (Dublin: 1837)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ELIZABETHTOWN
Composer: George Kingsley (1838)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 33333 53122 11123
Key: Eā™­ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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