Lord, I hear of show'rs of blessing

Elizabeth Codner's own words on how she wrote this hymn, in "The Revival", April 28, 1860:

"A party of young friends over whom I was watch­ing with anx­ious hope at­tend­ed a meet­ing in which de­tails were giv­en of a re­viv­al work in Ire­land. They came back great­ly im­pressed. My fear was lest their own fleece re­main dry, and I pressed up­on them the pri­vi­lege and re­spon­si­bil­i­ty of get­ting a share in the out­poured bless­ing. On the Sun­day fol­low­ing, not be­ing well enough to get out, I had a time of qui­et com­mun­ion. Those child­ren were still on my heart, and I longed to press up­on them an ear­nest in­di­vid­u­al ap­peal. Without ef­fort words seemed to be giv­en to me, and they took the form of a hymn,” which as it was passed from one to ano­ther of the young peo­ple, “be­came a word of pow­er.”

This was a favorite song of my beloved grandfather Rev. Frank Hardwick. Written by Lucy Campbell. It brings back such memories... 'let some blessings fall on me, even me Lord!"