Shew Pity, Lord

[Music:

THE MELODY BY J. ROBY; THE HARMONIES VARIED BY V. NOVELLO.

[Extracted, by permission, from the Congregational and Chorister's Psalm and Hymn-Book. Dufour, Piccadilly.]

Slow.

TREBLE Shew pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive; ALTO. Shew pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive; TENOR. Shew pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive; See lower. BASS. Shew pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive;

Slow.

Let a repenting rebel live. Let a repenting rebel live. Let a repenting rebel live. Let a repenting rebel live.

Are not thy mercies large and free? Are not thy mercies large and free? Are not thy mercies large and free? Are not thy mercies large and free?

May not a sinner trust in Thee? May not a sinner trust in Thee? May not a sinner trust in Thee? May not a sinner trust in Thee?

My lips with shame my sins confess. Against thy law, against thy grace; Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, I am condemned, but Thou art clear.

Yet save a humbling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair.]

LYRICS.

Some of the following short poems were composed early in life, while two or three of those last in order are of a very recent date. Those to which dates are appended are from another pen. It was intended by Mr. Roby that they should appear with his own productions. The survivor will be forgiven the mournful pleasure of thus partially fulfilling one of those purposes whose "inward light," was wont to

"Keep the path before him always bright."