No. 37 Heavenly Union or Experience, Rev 42
Heptatonic aeolian, mode 1 A + b (I II 3 IV V 6 7)
Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell,
The wonders of Immanuel
Who saved me from a burning hell,
And brought my soul with him to dwell,
And gave me heav’nly union.
Union, union,
Who sav’d me from a burning hell,
And brought my soul with him to dwell,
And gave me heav’nly union.
When Jesus saw me from on high,
Beheld my soul in ruin lie,
He looked on me with pitying eye,
And said to me as he passed by:
“With God you have no union.”
Then I began to weep and cry;
And looked this way and that to fly;
It grieved me so that I must die;
I strove salvation then to buy,
But still I had no union.
But when I hated all my sin,
My dear Redeemer took me in,
And with his blood he washed me clean;
And oh! what seasons I have seen
Since first I felt this union.
I now with saints can join to sing,
And mount on faith’s triumphant wing
And make the heavenly arches ring
With loud hosannas to our King,
Who brought our souls to union.
The tune seems dorian in character. If so classed, the key signature should be natural. A variant of tune and text is in CHI 30 and SWP 69.