St Paul's (John Stainer)
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- CPDL #15599: NoteWorthy Composer Sibelius 4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-12-03). Score information: A4, 1 page, 20 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Based on the edition from the Cyber Hymnal™ - File Sizes: PDF: 19 KB, 2nd PDF: 76 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NoteWorthy Composer: 1 KB, Sib4: 30 KB.
General Information
Title: Lord Jesus, think on me
Hymn tune: St Paul's
Composer: John Stainer
Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn tyne
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Tune: St. Paul’s, John Stainer, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875; Lyrics: Synesius of Cyrene, circa 430 (Μνώεο Χριστέ), translated from Greek to English by Allen W. Chatfield, Songs and Hymns of Earliest Greek Christian Poets, 1876.
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Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- Lord Jesus, think on me
- And purge away my sin;
- From earthborn passions set me free
- And make me pure within.
- 2.
- Lord Jesus, think on me,
- With many a care oppressed;
- Let me Thy loving servant be
- And taste Thy promised rest.
- 3.
- Lord Jesus, think on me
- Amid the battle’s strife;
- In all my pain and misery
- Be Thou my Health and Life.
- 4.
- Lord Jesus, think on me
- Nor let me go astray;
- Through darkness and perplexity
- Point Thou the heavenly way.
- 5.
- Lord Jesus, think on me
- When floods the tempest high;
- When on doth rush the enemy,
- O Savior, be Thou nigh!
- 6.
- Lord Jesus, think on me
- That, when the flood is past,
- I may th’eternal brightness see
- And share Thy joy at last.
- 7.
- Lord Jesus, think on me
- That I may sing above
- To Father, Spirit, and to Thee
- The strains of praise and love.
Lyrics: Synesius of Cyrene, circa 430 (Μνώεο Χριστέ), translated from Greek to English by Allen W. Chatfield, Songs and Hymns of Earliest Greek Christian Poets, 1876.