A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-074 |
| Words | 397 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
To me did freely move ;
It calls me still to seek thy face,
And stoops to ask my love.
4 Lord, at thy feet I fall ;
I groan to be set free ;
I fain would now obey the call,
And give up all for thee.
5 To rescue me from woe,
Thou didst with all things part ;
Didst lead a suffering life below,
To gain my worthless heart.
6 My worthless heart to gain,
The God of all that breathe
Was found in fashion as a man,
And died a cursed death.
7 And can I yet delay
My little all to give ?
To tear my soul from earth away,
For Jesus to receive ?
8 Nay, but I yield, I yield ;
1 can hold out no more :
1 sink, by dying love compell'd,
And own thee conqueror.
Convinced of Sin. loO
9 Though late, I all forsake,
My friends, my all resign ;
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take,
And seal me ever thine !
10 Come, and possess me whole ;
Nor hence again remove :
Settle and fix my wavering soul
With all thy weight of love.
11 My one desire be this,
Thy only love to know ;
To seek and taste no other bliss,
No other good below.
12 My Life, my Portion thou,
Thou all-sufficient art ;
My Hope, my heavenly Treasure, now
Enter, and keep my heart.
HYMN 138. cm.
1 /~\ THAT thou would'st the heavens rent,
^^ In majesty come down ;
Stretch out thine arm omnipotent,
And seize me for thine own !
2 Descend, and let thy lightning burn
The stubble of thy foe ;
My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, o'erturn,
And make the mountains flow !
3 Thou my impetuous spirit guide,
And curb my headstrong will ;
Thou only canst drive back the tide,
And bid the sun stand still.
4 What though I cannot break mv chain,
Or e'er throw oft' my load ?
The things impossible to men,
Are possible to God.
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5 Is there a thing too hard for thee,
Almighty Lord of all ;
Whose threatening looks dry up the sea,
And make the mountains fall ?
6 Who, who shall in thy presence stand,
And match Omnipotence ?
Ungrasp the hold of thy right hand,
Or pluck the sinner thence ?