Lord, I hear of showers of blessing

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Lord, I hear of showers of blessing Even Me!
Vorm	Strofelied
Herkomst
Taal	Engels
Land	Engeland
Periode	1860
Tekst
Dichter	Elizabeth Codner-Harris
Metrisch	8-7-8-7-6-7
Muziek
Componist	William Batchelder Bradbury
Melodie	Even Me (Bradbury)
Solmisatie	3-4-5-1-4-3-3-2-2-3-4-2-1-7-1

Lord, I hear of showers of blessing is het begin van een lied van de Engelse Elizabeth Codner-Harris (1824-1919), dat bekend werd onder de titel Even Me! Het wordt gezongen op een melodie van William Batchelder Bradbury.

Tekst

1860

1862

“Bless me, even me also, O my Father!” 1 Lord, I hear of showers of blessing Thou art scattering, full and free; Showers, the thirsty land refreshing; Let some droppings fall on me, Even me. 2 Pass me not, O gracious Father! Sinful though my heart may be; Thou might’st curse me, but the rather Let Thy mercy light on me, Even me. 3 Pass me not, O tender Saviour! Let me love and cling to Thee; I am longing for Thy favour; When thou comest, call for me, Even me. 4 Pass me not, O mighty Spirit! Thou canst make the blind to see; Witnesser of Jesus’ merit, Speak the word of power to me, Even me. 5 Have I long in sin been sleeping, Long been slighting, grieving Thee? Has the world my heart been keeping? Oh forgive and rescue me, Even me. 6 Love of God, so pure and changeless, Blood of God, so rich and free, Grace of God, so strong and boundless, Magnify them all in me, Even me. 7 Pass me not, this lost one bringing, Satan’s slave Thy child shall be, All my heart to Thee is springing; Blessing others, oh bless me, Even me.

Even Me! 1 Lord, I hear of showers of blessing Thou art scatt’ring full and free — Showers, the thirsty land refreshing; Let some droppings fall on me — Even me! even me! Let some droppings fall on me! 2 Pass me not, O gracious Father! Sinful though my heart may be; Thou might’st leave me, but the rather Let Thy mercy fall on me — Even me! even me! Let Thy mercy fall on me! 3 Pass me not, O tender Saviour, Let me love and cling to Thee; I am longing for Thy favour: Whilst Thou’rt calling, oh, call me — Even me! even me! Whilst Thou’rt calling, oh, call me! 4 Pass me not, O mighty Spirit! Thou canst make the blind to see; Witnesser of Jesus’ merit, Speak the word of power to me — Even me! even me! Speak the word of power to me! 5 Love of God, so pure and changeless, Blood of Christ, so rich and free, Grace of God, so strong and boundless, Magnify them all in me — Even me! even me! Magnify them all in me! 6 Pass me not, Thy lost one bringing, Bind my heart, O Lord, to Thee: While the streams of life are springing, Blessing others, oh, bless me — Even me! even me! Blessing others, oh, bless me!

Ontstaan

Het lied is zomer 1860 geschreven naar aanleiding van nieuws over een opwekking in Ierland in 1860-1. De originele tekst had zeven strofen en alleen een tekst uit Genesis (27:38) als ‘titel’. De tekst die bekend geworden is via Ira David Sankey’s Sacred Songs & Solos verscheen tegelijk met Bradbury’s melodie in diens Bradbury’s Golden Shower of S.S. Melodies: A New Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Sabbath School, New York: Ivison, Phinney & Co., 1862, p. 83. Daar heeft het lied ook de titel “Even Me.”

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