The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

To scatter all my guilty fear,
To' abolish sin in me,
The living faith impart,
My Saviour and my God,
And cleanse this vile, polluted heart,
With Thy atoning blood.

O for Thy mercy sake,
Thy dying love reveal;
Compassion on a sinner take,
An helpless sinner still:
Thou camest from heaven in vain,
Unless I find Thee nigh;
Unless Thou show Thyself again,
In unbelief I die.

From endless death to save,
Thou didst appear below;
And wilt preserve me from the grave,
Till Thee I truly know:
Thou wilt redeem my soul
From all iniquity,
And make my wounded spirit whole,
Because Thou diedst for me.

Come then, my hope, my rest,
Thy visage marr'd display,
And stand in all Thy wounds confess'd,
To take my sins away;
To fill this boundless void,
Present in me appear;
And sin shall always be destroy'd,
When Thou art always here.

University of Virginia Library

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[Jehovah's Son, appear]