Scripture Verse

Jesus, Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom. Luke 23:42

Introduction

Words: Ri­chard Burn­ham, 1796, alt.

Music: Saw­ley James Walch, 1860 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Walch (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Richard Burnham (1749–1810)

Lyrics

Jesus, Thou art the sin­ner’s friend;
As such I look to Thee;
Now, in the full­ness of Thy love,
O Lord, re­mem­ber me.

Remember Thy pure Word of grace,
Remember Cal­va­ry’s tree,
Remember all Thy dy­ing groans,
And then re­mem­ber me.

Thou won­drous ad­vo­cate with God,
I yield my soul to Thee;
While Thou art plead­ing on the throne,
Dear Lord, re­mem­ber me.

Lord, I am guil­ty, I am vile,
But Thy sal­va­tion’s free;
Then, in Thine all abound­ing grace,
Dear Lord, re­mem­ber me.

Howe’er for­sak­en or des­pised,
Howe’er op­pressed I be,
Howe’er for­got­ten here on earth,
Do Thou re­mem­ber me.

And when I close my eyes in death,
And hu­man help shall flee,
Then, then, my dear re­deem­ing God,
O then re­mem­ber me.