The angstiest song/section of the piece….
Alas! my
heart, where is thy absent God?Arise and
search, nor languish hopeless here,
His sacred
word invites me to his feet.
The voice
of mercy, O be the heavenly accents spoke to me!God of my
life,
O speak and
give me comfort(O let my
soul recall her comforts past)
–words from Anne Steele: ‘Desiring
the gracious presence of God’
…after this, after a Period Of Silence, it goes into the Psalm (below).