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%OHSCRIP Ps 143:8-11, Jer 9:7, Zech 13:9, Mal 3:3
%OHTOPICS {Consecration}, {Contrition}, {Courage in Affliction}, {Cross}, {Example, Christ's}, {Following Jesus, Sanctification}, {Forgiveness}, {Guidance}, {Heaven}, {Repentance}, {Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)}
%OHCATEGORY LENT
%OHMETRICAL 8 6 8 6 
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%OHCOMPOSER German
%OHARRANGER Richardson, John (1816-1879)
%OHAUTHOR Gurney, John Hampden (1802-1862)
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T: Lord As To Thy Dear Cross
C: Words: John Hampden Gurney, 1838.
C: Music: 'St. Bernard (Richardson)' or 'St. Bernard (Tochter Sion)' from Tochter Sion, Cologne, 1741.
C: Setting: John Richardson, 1877.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2026 Revision.
S: Music and Lyrics source: "The New Hymnal (Episcopal)", 1916 Hymn 125
S: the oldest copy of this arrangement that I can find is in "Church Hymnal", 1877 hymn 345 attributed to W. Richardson.  It's then in the Scottish Hymnal of 1892 as John Richardson.  I think the first was a misprint. I can't find a composer named W. Richardson in that era.
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w: 1.~Lord, as to Thy dear * cross we flee, And plead to be for- giv'n, 
w: 2.~Help us, through good re- * port and ill, Our dai- ly cross to bear: 
w: 3.~Let grace our sel- fish- * ness ex- pel, Our earth- li- ness re- fine; 
w: 4.~If joy shall at Thy * bid- ding fly, And grief's dark day come on, 
w: 5.~Kept peace- ful in the * midst of strife, For- giv- ing and for- giv'n, 
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w: So let Thy life our pat- tern be, And form our souls for heav'n. 
w: Like Thee, to do our Fa- ther's will, Our bre- thren's grief to share. 
w: And kind- ness in our bo- soms dwell, As free and true as Thine. 
w: We in our turn would meek- ly cry, "Fa- ther, Thy will be done." 
w: O may we lead the pil- grim's life And fol- low Thee to heav'n. 
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