LORD, SAVE ME by Sarah E. Lindsley

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 12, 1869

LORD, SAVE ME.

By Sarah E. Lindsley

LORD, save me, I perish! Oh! save, or I die! Like as Peter of old, even this is my cry; When from the deep waters my soul thou dost spare, Oh! let me not sink in the mire of despair.

I speak of despair on account of my sin; On account of my foes from without and within, Because I oft fail, am so often o'ercome, Can so seldom rejoice over victory won.

Lord, save me, I perish! so narrow the way, So oft I forget both to watch and to pray, Oh! help me to rouse, to get fully awake, The Judgment's impending, salvation's at stake.

Lord, save me, I perish! Oh! let me not fall In the pride of my heart, more deceitful than all; I'll strive to seek meekness and righteousness too; My soul longs to praise thee in the earth made anew.

My hope is in thee, and I will not distrust Thy love and thy care, though I am but dust. I'll hope in thy mercy and trust in thy grace, And more earnestly strive thy footsteps to trace.

Come, dear lonely pilgrim, let's be of good cheer, Work out our salvation with trembling and fear. If humble and earnest, in Jesus' dear name, We shall overcome, and victors shall reign.

SARAH E. LINDSLEY.

New Haven, N. Y.