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III.
[Jesus, my Lord, my God]
Jesus, my Lord, my God,
Who didst Thy life resign
To buy with all Thy sacred blood
This worthless heart of mine;
If now Thy grace I feel,
O may I always prove
By pure antipathy to ill,
That Thee I truly love!
Who didst Thy life resign
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This worthless heart of mine;
If now Thy grace I feel,
O may I always prove
By pure antipathy to ill,
That Thee I truly love!
With sin and wickedness
I wage eternal war,
And all vain thoughts and all false ways
I utterly abhor:
My heart to my dear Lord
I would entirely give,
I would be govern'd by Thy word,
And in Thy Spirit live.
I wage eternal war,
And all vain thoughts and all false ways
I utterly abhor:
My heart to my dear Lord
I would entirely give,
I would be govern'd by Thy word,
And in Thy Spirit live.
I only live to win
Thy pure and heavenly mind,
Like Thee, averse from every sin,
To every good inclined:
O that I now with Thee
Thy nature might possess,
Thy hatred of iniquity,
Thy love of righteousness!
Thy pure and heavenly mind,
Like Thee, averse from every sin,
To every good inclined:
O that I now with Thee
Thy nature might possess,
Thy hatred of iniquity,
Thy love of righteousness!
I will not let Thee go,
But wrestle on in prayer,
Till Thou Thy gracious token show,
Till Thou Thy will declare:
And when Thy will is done
I live entirely Thine,
For ever saved, for ever one
With holiness Divine!
But wrestle on in prayer,
Till Thou Thy gracious token show,
Till Thou Thy will declare:
And when Thy will is done
I live entirely Thine,
For ever saved, for ever one
With holiness Divine!
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