O the bitter shame and sorrow
O the bitter shame and sorrow. Théodore Monod* (1836-1921).
This hymn was entitled ‘The Altered Motto’, referring to its transition from ‘All of self, and none of Thee’ (stanza 1) to ‘None of self, and all of Thee’ (stanza 4). Written during one of Monod’s many evangelising visits to England in 1874 for a ‘consecration meeting’ at Broadlands, Hampshire, it was given to Lord Mount-Temple, who took it to another meeting at Oxford in the same year:
O the bitter shame and sorrow, That a time could ever beWhen I let the Saviour’s pityPlead in vain, and proudly answer’d, ‘All of self, and none of Thee.’
Yet He found me: I beheld Him Bleeding on the accursèd tree,Heard Him pray, ‘Forgive...
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