Confession/Absolution
O Lord My Soul Convicted
- Words:
- James Maxwell, 1759.
- Music:
- 'Winchester New' from "Musikalisches Handbuch", Hamburg, 1690.
- Setting:
- Charles Lewis Hutchins, 1896.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8
- 1O Lord, my soul convicted standsOf breaking all Thy ten commands:And on me justly might'st Thou pourThy wrath in one eternal show'r.
- 2But thanks to God, its loud alarmsHave warn'd me of approaching harms;And now, O Lord, my wants I see,Lost and undone, I come to Thee.
- 3I know my fig leaf righteousnessCan ne'er Thy broken law redress;Yet in the gospel plan I see,There's hope of pardon e'en for me.
- 4There, I behold with wonder, Lord!That Christ hath to Thy law restor'dThose honors on th'atoning day,Which guilty sinners took away.
- 5Amazing wisdom, pow'r and love,Display'd to rebels from above!Do Thou, O Lord, my faith increaseTo love and trust Thy plan of grace.
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- The words are in 9 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Winchester New, is in 467 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. 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.