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My Purchased Files| Text: | How oft this wretched, sinful heart |
| Author: | Anne Steele |
| Tune: | BEMERTON |
| Composer: | Henry W. Greatorex |
580. How oft this wretched, sinful heart
1 How oft this wretched, sinful heart
Has wandered from the Lord!
How oft my roving thoughts depart,
Forgetful of his word!
2 Yet mercy calls me now, "Return;"
Saviour, to thee I come;
My vile ingratitude I mourn;
O take the wandered home!
3 Thy love, so full, so free, so sweet,
Blest Saviour, I adore;
O keep me at thy sacred feet,
And let me rove no more.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | How oft this wretched, sinful heart |
| Author: | Anne Steele |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BEMERTON |
| Composer: | Henry W. Greatorex |
| Meter: | C. M. |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #724, 399, or 147. |
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