F Dm Gm C F Lord Je-sus Christ, true Man and God, Gm A Dm C Who bor-est ang-uish, scorn, the rod, F Gm Am F G C -And diedst at last up-on the tree, F Gm F/C C F -To bring Thy Fath-er’s grace to me:Verso 1:
F Dm Gm C F I pray Thee, through that bit-ter woe, Gm A Dm C Let me, a sin-ner, mer-cy know, F Gm Am F G C -When comes the hour of fail-ing breath, F Gm F/C C F -And I must wrest-le, Lord, with death,Verso 2:
F Dm Gm C F When from my sight all fades a-way, Gm A Dm C And when my tongue no more can say, F Gm Am F G C -And when mine ears no more can hear, F Gm F/C C F -And when my heart is racked with fear,Verso 3:
F Dm Gm C F When all my mind is dark-ened o’er, Gm A Dm C And hu-man help can do no more; F Gm Am F G C -Then come, Lord Je-sus, come with speed, F Gm F/C C F -And help me in the hour of need.Verso 4:
F Dm Gm C F Lead me from this dark vale be-neath, Gm A Dm C And short-en then the pangs of death; F Gm Am F G C -All e-vil spir-its drive a-way, F Gm F/C C F -But let Thy Spir-it with me stay,Verso 5:
F Dm Gm C F Until my soul the bod-y leave; Gm A Dm C Then in Thy hands my soul re-ceive, F Gm Am F G C -And let the earth the bod-y keep, F Gm F/C C F Till the Last Day shall break its sleep.Verso 6:
F Dm Gm C F Joy-ful my re-sur-rec-tion be, Gm A Dm C Thou in the Judg-ment plead for me, F Gm Am F G C -And hide my sins, Lord, from Thy face, F Gm F/C C F -And give me Life, of Thy dear grace!Verso 7:
F Dm Gm C F Im-plic-it-ly I trust Thee, Lord, Gm A Dm C For Thou hast prom-ised in Thy Word: F Gm Am F G C “In truth I tell you, who re-ceives F Gm F/C C F -My Word, and keeps it, and be-lieves,Verso 8:
F Dm Gm C F Shall nev-er fall God’s wrath be-neath, Gm A Dm C Shall nev-er taste e-tern-al death; F Gm Am F G C -Though here he must re-turn to dust, F Gm F/C C F -He still is no-ways there-fore lost;Verso 9:
F Dm Gm C F For I will with a migh-ty hand Gm A Dm C De-liv-er him from death’s strong band, F Gm Am F G C -And lift him hence that he shall be F Gm F/C C F -For-ev-er in My realm with Me,Verso 10:
F Dm Gm C F For-ev-er liv-ing there in bliss.” Gm A Dm C O let us not that glor-y miss! F Gm Am F G C -Dear Lord, for-give us all our guilt, F Gm F/C C F -Help us to wait un-til Thou wilt.Verso 11:
F Dm Gm C F That we de-part; and let our faith Gm A Dm C Be brave and con-quer e’en in death, F Gm Am F G C -Firm rest-ing on Thy sac-red Word, F Gm F/C C F -Un-til we sleep in Thee, our Lord.Verso 12: