Hymns for the Use of Families, 159

O that I could my Lord receive,
Who did the world redeem,
Who gave His life that I might live
A life conceal'd in Him!
O that I could the blessing prove,
My heart's extreme desire,
Live happy in my Saviour's love,
And in His arms expire!
Jesus, Thou all-atoning Lamb,
How shall I plead with Thee?
If graven on Thy hands I am,
For good remember me:
If still Thou dost my tokens bear,
Thy love to me reveal,
And listening to a sinner's prayer,
My present pardon seal.
Mercy I ask to seal my peace,
That kept by mercy's power
I may from every evil cease,
And never grieve Thee more:
Now, if Thy gracious will it be,
Even now my sins remove,
And set my heart at liberty
By Thy victorious love.
In answer to ten thousand prayers,
Thou pardoning God descend,
Number me with salvation's heirs,
My sins and troubles end:
Nothing I ask, or want beside,
Of all in earth and heaven,
Let me but feel Thy blood applied.
Let me but die forgiven.