"Lord, When We Bend Before Thy Throne"
	J. D. Carlyle, 1802.
	Text from: EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN HYMN-BOOK
	(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1912), pp. 4-5.
	
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	C.M.
	
	LORD, when we bend before Thy throne,
	And our confessions pour,
	Teach us to feel the sins we own
	And hate what we deplore.
	
	2. Our broken spirit pitying see;
	True penitence impart;
	Then let a kindling glance from Thee
	Beam hope upon the heart.
	
	3. When our responsive tongues essay
	Their grateful hymns to raise,
	Grant that our souls may join the lay
	And mount to Thee in praise.
	
	4. When we disclose our wants in prayer,
	May we our wills resign;
	And not a thought our bosom share
	That is not wholly Thine.
	
	5. May faith each meek petition fill
	And waft it to the skies;
	And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
	That grants it or denies.
	
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