====== #42 - Even Me ====== [[..:41:|prev]] | [[..:43:|next]] /*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/ *Composer: *++William Batchelder Bradbury|{{search>"William Batchelder Bradbury" @cobs}}++ (1816-1868), 1862 *Title variations: *Even Me Lord, I Hear of Showers of Blessings *Also known as: *I Hear of Showers of Blessings *[[:alternate]] *[[photos]] *[[/data/media/midi/42.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=42&.gif?}}++ *[[:incipit]]: 345143322342171 *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 3451432342171 *[[/cob_label/index.php|Print a Label]] *[[:dutton:1-100#section4|Dutton's Handbook]] *++Lyrics:|\\ Lord, I hear of showers of blessing,\\ Thou art scattering full and free;\\ Showers the thirsty land refreshing;\\ Let some drops now fall on me;\\ Even me, even me,\\ Let some drops now fall on me.\\ \\ Pass me not, O God, my Father,\\ Sinful though my heart may be;\\ Thou mightst leave me, but the rather;\\ Let Thy mercy light on me;\\ Even me, even me,\\ Let Thy mercy light on me.\\ \\ Pass me not, O gracious Savior,\\ Let me live and cling to Thee;\\ I am longing for Thy favor;\\ Whilst Thou'rt calling, O call me;\\ Even me, even me,\\ Whilst Thou’rt calling, O call me.\\ \\ Pass me not, O mighty Spirit!\\ Thou canst make the blind to see;\\ Witnesser of Jesus' merit,\\ Speak the Word of power to me;\\ Even me, even me,\\ Speak the Word of power to me.\\ \\ Have I been in sin long sleeping,\\ Long been slighting, grieving Thee?\\ Has the world my heart been keeping?\\ O forgive and rescue me;\\ Even me, even me,\\ O forgive and rescue me.\\ \\ Love of God, so pure and changeless,\\ Blood of Christ, so rich and free;\\ Grace of God, so strong and boundless\\ Magnify them all in me;\\ Even me, even me,\\ Magnify them all in me.\\ \\ Pass me not; but pardon bringing,\\ Bind my heart, O Lord, to Thee;\\ Whilst the streams of life are springing,\\ Blessing others, O bless me;\\ Even me, even me,\\ Blessing others, O bless me.\\ \\ ++ *Elizabeth Harris Codner (1823-1919), 1860