Lord, speak to me, that I may speak (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)
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CPDL #20700:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2009-12-27). Score information: A4, 1 page, 19 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This is the second (and better known) version of the hymn tune
CPDL #20699:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2009-12-27). Score information: A4, 1 page, 19 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This is Wesley's original version
General Information
Title: Lord, speak to me
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Tune: Winscott
Lyricist: Frances Ridley Havergal
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard
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Original text and translations
English text
1. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
In living echoes of thy tone;
As thou has sought so let me seek
Thy erring children lost and lone.
2. O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
The wandering and the lonely feet;
O feed me, Lord, that I may feed
Thy hungering ones with manna sweet.
3. O strengthen me, that while I stand
Firm on the rock, and strong in thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
To wrestlers with the troubled sea.
4. O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
The precious things thou dost impart;
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.
5. O give thine own sweet rest to me,
That I may speak with soothing power
A word in season, as from thee,
To weary ones in needful hour.
6. O fill me with thy fullness, Lord,
Until my very heart o'erflow
In kindling thought and glowing word,
Thy love to tell, thy praise to show.
7. O use me, Lord, use even me,
Just as thou wilt, and when, and where,
Until thy blessed face I see,
Thy rest, thy joy, thy glory share.