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Before thy throne, O God
574
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Hymn Melody
Metric Index
88. 88. 88
Modality
Bâ™ Major
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author
William Boyd Carpenter [1841-1918 (alt.)]
Composer
Dimitri S. Bortniansky [1751-1825]
Language
English
Publication Date
1985
Last Five Uses
• Used on Mar 05, 2025 19:00 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Nov 10, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 29, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 14, 2024 19:00 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 01, 2023 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Nov 10, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 29, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 14, 2024 19:00 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 01, 2023 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
Poem Words (Four verses)
1.
Before thy throne, O God, we kneel:
give us a conscience quick to feel,
a ready mind to understand
the meaning of thy chastening hand;
whate'er the pain and shame may be,
bring us, O Father, nearer thee.
give us a conscience quick to feel,
a ready mind to understand
the meaning of thy chastening hand;
whate'er the pain and shame may be,
bring us, O Father, nearer thee.
2.
Search out our hearts and make us true;
help us to give to all their due.
From love of pleasure, lust of gold,
from sins which make the heart grow cold,
wean us and train us with thy rod;
teach us to know our faults, O God.
help us to give to all their due.
From love of pleasure, lust of gold,
from sins which make the heart grow cold,
wean us and train us with thy rod;
teach us to know our faults, O God.
3.
For sins of heedless word and deed,
for pride ambitious to succeed,
for crafty trade and subtle snare
to catch the simple unaware,
for lives bereft of purpose high,
forgive, forgive, O Lord, we cry.
for pride ambitious to succeed,
for crafty trade and subtle snare
to catch the simple unaware,
for lives bereft of purpose high,
forgive, forgive, O Lord, we cry.
4.
Let the fierce fires which burn and try,
our inmost spirits purify:
consume the ill; purge out the shame;
O God, be with us in the flame;
a newborn people may we rise,
more pure, more true, more nobly wise.
our inmost spirits purify:
consume the ill; purge out the shame;
O God, be with us in the flame;
a newborn people may we rise,
more pure, more true, more nobly wise.
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