[Music]
Stay, thou insulted spirit, stay! Though I have done thee such
despite,
Cast not a sinner quite away, Nor take thine everlasting flight.
Though I have most unfaithful been, of all whoe'er thy grace
received;
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, ten thousand times thy
goodness griev'd.
But O, the chief of sinners spare, in honor of my great priest;
Nor in thy righteous anger swear I shall not see thy people rest.
If yet thou canst my sins forgive, e'en now, O Lord, relieve my
woes;
Into thy rest of love receive, and bless me with the calm repose.
E'en now my weary soul release, and raise me by thy gracious hand;
Guide me into thy perfect peace, and bring me to the promis'd land.
Davisson, the compiler of the _Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony_,
claims this tune. It is similar to 'The Bird Song', Sharp, ii., 215.
For other tune relationships see 'I Will Arise' in this collection.
No. 126
CHARMING NAME, CHH 90