Hymn 404
When temptation around me roll
Nigbat’ idanwo yi mi ka
- When temptation around me roll,
And earthly care me encompass;
When the foe appear as a friend;
To seek after my destruction
O Saviour Lord, bid me to come
As Thou in Eden, Adam called
Where art thou sinner sound the voice?
That I may from the fault be free. - When Satan craft’ly me deceive
Me to earthly pinnacle raise
Me entreated, him to worship
That earthly stock, I may possess
O Saviour Lord, &c. - When earthly lusts me now ensnare
Thy commands me all to ignore,
Upon my wand’ring heart impressed
In vain assurance “All is well”
O Saviour Lord, &c. - When all my hope and confidence
Not in living God now repose;
Vain incantations now my trust’
And lusty spells my song at dawn
O Saviour Lord, &c. - When in my self will, love to walk
In the dictates of wand’ring heart,
When I in my un-stable breast,
In unstable state, me abide.
O Saviour Lord, &c. - When all my bearing lost, not found,
And the tracer’s call me ignore;
When no redemption my hope be,
And wallowest me in my sins.
O Saviour Lord, &c. - When counselors from me doth flee;
And comforters to me estrange
When sorrow like the whirl-wind rage,
My head in penitence to bow
O Saviour Lord, bid me to come
As Thou in Eden, Adam called
Where art thou sinner sound the voice?
That I may from the fault be free. Amen.