"Lord, When Thy Kingdom Comes, Remember Me" (The English Hymnal No. 113)
61. "Lord, when thy kingdom comes, remember me;"/ Thus spake the dying lips to dying ears;/ O faith, which in that darkest hour could see/ The promised glory of the far-off years!
2. No kingly sign declares that glory now,/ No ray of hope lights up that awful hour;/ A thorny crown surrounds the bleeding brow,/ The hands are stretched in weakness, not in power.
3. Hark! through the gloom the dying Saviour saith,/ "Thou too shalt rest in Paradise to-day;"/ O words of love to answer words of faith!/ O words of hope for those that live to pray!
4. Lord, when with dying lips my prayer is said,/ Grant that in faith thy kingdom I may see;/ And, thinking on thy Cross and bleeding head,/ May breathe my parting words, "Remember me."
5. Remember me, but not my shame or sin;/ Thy cleansing Blood hath washed them all away;/ Thy precious death for me did pardon win;/ Thy Blood redeemed me in that awful day.
6. Remember me; and, ere I pass away,/ Speak thou the assuring word that sets us free,/ And make thy promise to my heart, "To-day/ Thou too shalt rest in Paradise with me."/ Amen.
Words: William Dalrymple Maclagan. Music: Orlando Gibbons. Video: Michael-Hubert Lamla.