In The Hour Of Trial

Words:
James Montgomery
Music:
Spencer Lane

Sheet music

  1. 1In the hour of trial,Jesus, plead for me,Lest by base denialI depart from Thee;When Thou seest me waver,With a look recall,Nor for fear or favorSuffer me to fall.
  2. 2With forbidden pleasuresWould this vain world charm,Or its sordid treasuresSpread to work me harm;Bring to my remembranceSad Gethsemane,Or, in darker semblance,Cross-crowned Calvary.
  3. 3Should Thy mercy send meSorrow, toil and woe,Or should pain attend meOn my path below,Grant that I may neverFail Thy hand to see;Grant that I may everCast my care on Thee.
  4. 4When my last hour cometh,Fraught with strife and pain,When my dust returnethTo the dust again;On Thy truth relyingThru that mortal strifeJesus, take me, dying,To eternal life.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1834, the words are in 537 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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