His track I see, and I'll pursue The narrow way, till Him I view. 2 The way the holy prophets wentThe road that leads from banishmentThe King's highway of holinessI'll go; for all His paths are peace. 3 This is the way I long have sought, And mourned because I found it not: My grief, my burden long have been, Because I could not cease from sin. 4 The more I strove against its power, I sinned and stumbled but the more; Till late I heard my Saviour say, "Come hither, soul, I am the Way." 5 Lo! glad I come; and Thou, blest Lamb! Shalt take me to Thee as I am : Nothing but sin to Thee I give; Nothing but love shall I receive.
6 Then will I tell to sinners round, What a dear Saviour I have found; I'll point to Thy redeeming blood, And say "Behold the Way to God!"
STILL, Lord, I languish for Thy grace,
Reveal the beauties of Thy face,
The middle wall remove:
Appear, and banish my complaint; Come, and supply my only want, Fill all my soul with love!
2 O! conquer this rebellious will: Willing Thou art, and ready still, Thy help is always nigh:
The stony from my heart remove, And give me, Lord, O give me love, Or at Thy feet I die.
3 To Thee I lift my mournful eye : Why am I thus ?-O, tell me why I cannot love my God?
The hindrance must be all in me; It cannot in my Saviour be;
Witness that streaming blood! 4 It cost Thy blood my heart to win, To buy me from the power of sin, And make me love again:
Come, then, my Lord, Thy right assert, Take to Thyself my ransomed heart, Nor bleed, nor die in vain.
JESUS, let me bless Thy name! All sin, alas! Thou know'st I am, But Thou all pity art:
Turn into flesh my heart of stone, Such power belongs to thee alone, Turn into flesh my heart.
2 A poor, unloving wretch, to Thee For help against myself Í flee! Thou only canst remove The hindrances out of the way, And soften my unyielding clay, And mould it into love.
3 O let Thy Spirit shed abroad The love, the perfect love of God, In this cold heart of mine: O might He now descend, and rest, And dwell for ever in my breast, And make it all divine.
4 What shall I do my suit to gain? O Lamb of God, for sinners slain, I plead what Thou hast done! Didst Thou not die the death for me; Jesus, remember Calvary,
And break my heart of stone.
5 Take the dear purchase of Thy blood, My Friend and Advocate with God, My Ransom and my Peace; Surety, who all my debt hast paid, For all my sins atonement made, The Lord my Righteousness.
WYE Divine, how sweet Thou art! When shall I find my willing heart All taken up by Thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove The greatness of redeeming Love, The love of Christ to me!
2 Stronger His love than death or hell; Its riches are unsearchable:
The first-born sons of light Desire in vain its depths to see; They cannot reach the mystery,
The length, and breadth, and height.
3 God only knows the love of God: O that it now were shed abroad In this poor stony heart! For love I sigh, for love I pine: This only portion, Lord, be mine, Be mine this better part!
4 O that I could for ever sit With Mary at the Master's feet! Be this my happy choice: My only care, delight, and bliss, My joy, my heaven on earth, be this, To hear the Bridegroom's voice! 5 O that I could with favoured John, Recline my weary head upon
The dear Redeemer's breast; From care, and sin, and sorrow free, Give me, O Lord, to find in Thee My everlasting rest.
FATHER of Jesus Christ, the Just, My Friend and Advocate with Thee, Pity a soul that fain would trust In Him who loved and died for me: But only Thou canst make Him known, And in my heart reveal Thy Son,
2 If, drawn by Thine alluring grace, My want of living faith I feel, Show me in Christ Thy smiling face; What flesh and blood can ne'er reveal, Thy co-eternal Son, display,
And call my darkness into day. 3 The gift unspeakable impart; Command the light of faith to shine; To shine in my dark drooping heart, And fill me with the life divine: Now bid the new creation be; O God, let there be faith in me!
THOU hidden God, for whom I groan, Till Thou Thyself declare,
God inaccessible, unknown; Regard a sinner's prayer!
2 A sinner weltering in his blood, Unpurged and unforgiven; Far distant from the living God, As far as hell from heaven. 3 An unregenerate child of man, On Thee for faith I call;
Pity Thy fallen creature's pain, And raise me from my fall.
4 The darkness, which through Thee I feel, Thou only canst remove;
Thy own eternal power reveal, Thy Deity of Love.
5 Thou hast in unbelief shut up, That grace may let me go; In hope believing against hope, I wait the truth to know.
6 Thou wilt in me reveal Thy name, Thou wilt Thy light afford:
Bound and oppressed, yet Thine I am, The prisoner of the Lord.
7 I would not to Thy foe submit, But hate the tyrant's chain;
Send forth the prisoner from the pit, Nor let me cry in vain!
8 Show me the blood that bought my peace, The covenant blood apply,
And all my griefs at once shall cease, And all my sins shall die.
9 Now, Lord, if Thou art power, descend; The mountain sin remove; My unbelief and troubles end, If Thou art Truth and Love: 10 Speak, Jesu, speak into my heart What Thou for me hast done; One grain of living faith impart, And God is all my own!
of the deep I cry, Just at the point to die: Hastening to infernal pain, Jesus, Lord, I cry to Thee; Help a feeble child of man;
Show forth all Thy power in me. On Thee I ever call,
Saviour and Friend of all;
Well Thou know'st my desperate case; Thou my curse of sin remove; Save me by Thy richest grace,
Save me by Thy pardoning love.
3 How shall a sinner find
The Saviour of mankind? Canst Thou not accept my prayer? Not bestow the grace I claim? Where are Thy old mercies? Where All the powers of Jesu's Name? What shall I say to move The bowels of Thy love? Are they not already stirred? Have I in Thy death no part? Ask Thy own compassions, Lord, Ask the yearnings of Thy heart!
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