Christ My Song - 1000

Thou, who searchest every heart - Abba, Father
(Charlotte Elliott/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Abba, Father.

"Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." (Romans 8,15)

1. Thou, who searchest every heart,
  bend on mine thy pitying eye!
Pardon, cleansing, peace, impart,
  Abba, Father, hear my cry! PDF - Midi

2. Grant that pardon Christ implored
  from his cross on Calvary;
through my dying, pleading Lord,
  Abba, Father, hear my cry!

3. Water from his side, and blood,
  flowed to wash sin's deepest dye;
bathe me in that cleansing flood,
  Abba, Father, hear my cry!

4. Earthly cares and woes increase,
  but from them to thee I fly,
Jesu's legacy was peace –
  Abba, Father, hear my cry!

5. Dark may be life's mournful day,
  still no tear should dim the eye;
this sweet name drives grief away,
  Abba, Father, hear my cry!

6. Pardon, cleansing, peace, impart,
  all my need through Christ supply;
with his Spirit fill my heart,
  Abba, Father, hear my cry!

Charlotte Elliott, Selections from the Poems of Charlotte Elliott, 238-239.

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