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Psalm: Soon as with conscious grief I said
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Soon as with conscious grief I said,
My foot hath slipp'd, Thy gracious aid
My sinking soul upheld.
Ready Thine all-redeeming love
The' acknowledged evil to remove.
And speak my pardon seal'd.
Guilty whene'er my sin I own,
Mercy doth to my rescue run,
The Saviour bids me rise,
Repeats the reconciling word.
In peace and innocence restored,
And freely justifies.
Jesus, I magnify Thy grace.
Thy free unbounded goodness praise,
And mercy without end;
Assured Thou wilt my weakness bear.
Till raised to meet Thee in the air,
I grasp my heavenly Friend.
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: Soon as with conscious grief I said.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3246/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm: Soon as with conscious grief I said.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3246/.
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