Consecration
Not Worthy, Lord, to Gather Up the Crumbs
- Words:
- Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1872. Music: 'Eventide' William H. Monk, 1861. Setting: William H. Monk, 1861.
- Metre:
- 10 10 10 10
- 1Not worthy, Lord, to gather up the crumbsWith trembling hand that from Thy table fall,A weary, heavy laden sinner comesTo plead Thy promise and obey Thy call.
- 2I am not worthy to be thought Thy child,Nor sit the last and lowest at Thy board;Too long a wanderer and too oft beguiled;I only ask one reconciling word.
- 3One word from Thee, my Lord, one smile, one look,And I could face the cold, rough world again;And with that treasure in my heart could brookThe wrath of devils and the scorn of men.
- 4And is not mercy Thy prerogative‐Free mercy, boundless, fathomless, divine?Me, Lord, the chief of sinners, me forgive,And Thine the greater glory, only Thine.
- 5I hear Thy voice; Thou bid'st me come and rest;I come, I kneel, I clasp Thy piercèd feet;Thou bid'st me take my place, a welcome guestAmong Thy saints, and of Thy banquet eat.
- 6My praise can only breathe itself in prayer,My prayer can only lose itself in Thee;Dwell Thou forever in my heart, and there,Lord, let me sup with Thee; sup Thou with me.
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- Written in 1872, the words are in 94 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Eventide, is in 1,267 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.