They cannot change a sinful heart;
They cannot purchase love.
7 I do the thing thy laws enjoin,
And then the strife give o'er;
To thee I then the whole resign,
I trust in means no more.
8 I trust in Him who stands between
The Father's wrath and me:
Jesus, thou great eternal Mean,
I look for all from thee!
Plymouth Dock-p. 109.] HYMN 92, 6 lines &
EARY of wand'ring from my God,
And now made willing to return,
I hear and bow me to the rod;
For thee, not without hope, I mourn,
I have an advocate above,
A friend before the throne of love.
2 O Jesus, full of truth and grace,
More full of grace than I of sin;
Yet once again I seek thy face,
Open thine arms and take me in!
And freely my backslidings heal,
And love the faithless sinner still.
3 Thou know'st the way to bring me back,
My fallen spirit to restore;
O! for thy truth and mercy's sake,
Forgive and bid me sin no more:
The ruins of my soul repair,
And make my heart a house of prayer.
4 The stone to flesh again convert;
The veil of sin again remove:
Sprinkle thy blood upon my heart,
And melt it by thy dying love!
This rebel heart by love subdue,
And make it soft, and make it new.
5 Give to mine eyes refreshing tears,
And kindle my relentings now;
Fill my whole soul with filial fears;
To thy sweet yoke my spirit bow:
Bend by thy grace, O bend or break,
The iron sinew in my neck.
6 Ah, give me, Lord, the tender heart,
That trembles at the' approach of sin:
A godly fear of sin impart;
Implant and root it deep within,
That I may dread thy gracious power,
And never dare to' offend thee more.
Kingswood-p. 185.] HYMN 83. 7s, 6s, & 18.
JESUS, friend of sinners, hear,
Yet once again I pray;
From my debt of sin set clear,
For I have nought to pay:
Speak, O speak the kind release,
A poor backsliding soul restore;
Love me freely, seal my peace,
And bid me sin no more.
2 For my selfishness and pride
Thou hast withdrawn thy grace;
Left me long to wander wide,
An outcast from thy face;
But I now my sins confess,
And mercy, mercy, I implore;
Love me freely, seal my peace,
And bid me sin no more.
3 Sin's deceitfulness hath spread
A hardness o'er my heart;
But if thou thy Spirit shed,
The stony shall depart:
Shed thy love, thy tenderness,
And let me feel thy soft'ning power:
Love me freely, seal my peace,
And bid me sin no more.
4 From the' oppressive power of sin
My struggling spirit free:
Perfect righteousness bring in,
Unspotted purity:
Speak, and all this war shall cease,
And sin shall give its raging o'er:
Love me freely, seal my peace,
And bid me sin no more.
5 For this only thing I pray,
And this will I require,
Take the power of sin away,
Fill me with chaste desire; Perfect me in holiness;
Thine image to my soul restore: Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more.
Clarks-p. 183.] HYMN 84. 7s, 6s, & 1 &
ON of God, if thy free grace
SON of if thyme
Call'd me still to seek thy face,
And given me back my hope:
Still thy timely help afford,
And all thy loving kindness show;
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.
2 By me, O my Saviour, stand, In sore temptation's hour;
Save me with thine outstretch'd hand,
And show forth all thy power;
O be mindful of thy word!
Thy all-sufficient grace bestow;
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.
3 Give me, Lord, a holy fear,
And fix it in my heart;
That I may from evil near,
With timely care depart;
Sin be more than hell abhorr'd,
Till thou destroy the tyrant foe;
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.
4 Never let me leave thy breast,
From thec, my Saviour, stray;
Thou art my support and rest,
My true and living way;
My exceeding great reward,
In heaven above and earth below;
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.
5 Never let me go, till I
Upborne on wings of love,
Gain the region of the sky,
And take my seat above;
See thee by all heaven ador'd,
And all thy glorious fulness know;
Keep me, keep nie, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.
Kingswood-p. 185.] HYMN 85. 7s, 6s, & 18.
And art thou pacify'd?
and gone,
After all that I have done,
Dost thou no longer chide;
Let thy love my heart constrain,
And all my restless passions sway:
Keep me, lest I turn again
Out of the narrow way.
2 If I have begun once more
Thy sweet return to feel:
If even now I find thy power
Present my soul to heal:
Still and quiet may I lie,
Nor struggle out of thine embrace:
Never more resist or fly
From thy pursuing grace.
3 To the cross, thine altar, bind Me with the cords of love; Freedom let me never find
From thee, my Lord, to move, That I never, never more
May with my much-lov'd Master part, To the posts of mercy's door
O nail my willing heart!
4 See my utter helplessness,
And leave me not alone;
O preserve in perfect peace,
And seal me for thine own.
More and more thyself reveal,
Thy presence let me always find,
Comfort, and confirm, and heal
My feeble, sin-sick mind.
5 As the apple of thine eye,
Thy weakest servant keep;
Help me at thy feet to lie,
And there for ever weep;
Tears of joy mine eyes o'erflow,
That I have any hope of heaven;
Much of love I ought to know,
For I have much forgiven.
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