818. S. M. Miss Fletcher.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
The Same.
1We come to thee, O God,
With hushed and solemn strain;
We come to plead for those who lie
Bound with the prisoner's chain.
2O, give them contrite hearts,
To feel their fearful sin,
And give to us a patient faith
Those erring ones to win.
3Give us to love thy law,
The paths of vice to shun,
But never harshly dare to spurn
The suffering sinful one.