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Hymn 377
Jesus, Thou Art The Sinner’s Friend
PISGAH, C.M.
Jesus, Thou art the sinner's Friend,
As such I look to Thee;
Now in the fullness of Thy love,
O Lord, remember me.
Remember Thy pure word of grace,
Remember Calvary;
Remember all Thy dying groans,
And then remember me.
Thou wond'rous Advocate with God,
I yield myself to Thee,
While Thou art sitting on Thy throne,
O Lord, remember me.
I own I'm guilty, own I'm vile,
Yet Thy salvation's free;
Then in Thy all-abounding grace,
O Lord, remember me.
How e'er forsaken or distressed,
How e'er oppressed I be,
How e'er afflicted here on earth,
Do Thou remember me.
And when I close my eyes in death,
And creature helps all flee,
Then, O my great Redeemer God,
I pray remember me.
- First Line
- Jesus, Thou art the sinner’s friend
- Music
- Joseph C. Lowry, b.1820
- Arrangement
- arr. by Elder Roland Green, 1924-2011 ed. for Old School Hymnal (2020)
- Lyrics
- Richard Burnham, 1749-1810 (1796)
- First Appeared
- 1
