Do not pass by Your servant.
Genesis 18:3
Words: E. Albright, in The Beacon Light, edited by John H. Tenney & Elisha A. Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson, 1881), page 33.
Music: William H. Pontius (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Albright’s full name, or where to get good a photo of him or Pontius (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
I am weak, and I am small,
But I’ve heard Thy gentle call;
Savior, hear my earnest cry,
Jesus, do not pass me by.
Refrain
Tho’ a little child am I,
Jesus, do not pass me by;
Pass me by, pass me by,
Jesus, do not pass me by.
I have been a wayward child,
From the way of truth beguiled;
But when I for mercy cry,
Jesus, do not pass me by.
Refrain