Lord, as to thy dear Cross we flee

Lord, as to thy dear Cross we flee. John Hampden Gurney* (1802-1862). First published in Gurney’s ‘Lutterworth Collection’, A Collection of Hymns for Public Worship (Lutterworth, 1838) and then in ‘The Marylebone Collection’, Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, selected for some of the Churches of Marylebone (1851). It had six stanzas: Lord, as to thy dear Cross we flee,  And plead to be forgiven,So let thy life our pattern be,  And form our souls for heaven. Help us, through good report and ill,  Our daily cross to bear;Like thee, to do our Father’s will,  Our brethren’s griefs to share. Let grace our selfishness expel,  Our earthliness refine,And kindness in our bosoms dwell  As free and...