Book: | 1987 Song Book |
Chapter: | The Gospel |
Saviour, hear me while before thy feet
Written in November 1889 for the Christmas issue of All theWorld, 1889. Herbert Booth had composed a tune about 18 months earlier, and had some ideas for the verses, but at the last moment he was having difficulty completing the chorus.Slowly he wrote three lines, but still needed words for the last four notes. Eventually, Richard Slater, who was playing The Music over on the piano, suggested the final line, 'For me, for me!' Subsequently the song, entitled 'The Penitent's Plea', was included in The Musical Salvationist, June supplement, 1890(reprinted from All the World) and in Songs of Peace and War,1890. Richard Slater described the chorus as 'an epitome of theology': 'Grace-to deal with the past; Blood-to make clean the present; Power-to make the saintly life possible for the future.
Book: | 1987 Tune Book |
Composer: | Herbert Howard Booth (1862-1926) |
Lyricist: | Herbert Howard Booth (1862-1926) |
Key: | G |
Alt. Key: | G♭ |
Tempo: | 72 |
Capo: | -- |
Metronome: | ♩ = 72 |
Meter: | None |