Hymns and Tunes 1886 204
Lord, how secure my conscience was
Music: Hugh WilsonTune: Avon. C. M.C.M.
1Lord, how secure my conscience was,
And felt no inward dread!
I was alive without the law,
And thought my sins were dead.
2My hopes of bliss were firm and bright;
But since the precept came
With a convincing power and light,
I find how vile I am.
3My guilt appeared but small before,
Till terribly I saw
How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Was thy eternal law.
4Then felt my soul the heavy load,—
My sins revived again;
I had provoked a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were slain.
5I'm sold under sin, and dead
To all that's good and just;
Tor some power to save,
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.
- Music
- Hugh Wilson
- Tune
- Avon. C. M.
- Meter
- C.M.
- Scripture
- Romans 7:9
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.6.8.6 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 72% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
Could also be sung to Azmon, Coronation, Ortonville, Cantate Domino, Christmas · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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