Number: 187
English: HON 1987 #203 (altered)
Title: In Deep Distress
Name: Selafo
Words: Sam Jones
Music: A. M. Mackay
Copyright:
Form: A

In deep dis¤tress, O Lord, we come;
Our help¤less¤ness ap¤peals to Thee;
Thou who in us Thy work hath wrought,
For¤sake us not then ut¤ter¤ly.

Chorus:
Our weak¤ness, Lord, ap¤peals to Thee;
Our spir¤its long for lib¤er¤¤ty.
O hear our ¤cry, Thou Ho¤ly One;
Com¤plete the work Thou hast be¤gun.

Re¤joic¤ing in the low¤ly way,
We fain would walk, we fain would be,
The cross and suf¤fering nev¤er shun,
But prove our love and loy¤al¤ty.

As we pre¤sent our sac¤ri¤fice,
Our all we yield with mo¤tive pure;
Thy love, Thy life, Thy power we crave,
That we may to the end en¤dure.

O help us then to fol¤low on
With sta¤ble hearts, con¤trite and free,
Com¤plete in Him, the right¤eous One,
Thy will ful¤fil¤ling per¤fect¤ly.