Consecration
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
- Words:
- Fanny J. Crosby, 1868.
- Music:
- 'Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior' William Howard Doane, 1870.
- Setting:
- "The Coronation", 1872.
- Metre:
- 8 5 8 5 9 8 5
- 1Pass me not, O gentle Savior,Hear my humble cry;While on others Thou art calling,Do not pass me by.Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry;While on others Thou art calling,Do not pass me by.
- 2Let me at Thy throne of mercyFind a sweet relief,Kneeling there in deep contrition;Help my unbelief.Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry;While on others Thou art calling,Do not pass me by.
- 33, Trusting only in Thy merit,Would I seek Thy face;Heal my wounded, broken spirit,Save me by Thy grace.Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry;While on others Thou art calling,Do not pass me by.
- 4Thou the Spring of all my comfort,More than life to me,Whom have I on earth beside Thee?Whom in Heav'n but Thee?Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry;While on others Thou art calling,Do not pass me by.
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- Written in 1868, the words are in 1,103 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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.