Religion
Jeremiah 31: Show Thy converting grace on me
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Show Thy converting grace on me,
And truly turn'd I then shall be.
My soul to perfect health restore
And then I shall relapse no more,
But Thee my utmost Saviour own.
And live and die for God alone.
Faith to be heal'd Thou know'st I have.
Acknowledging Thy power to save,
Thy will to speak the leper clean.
Thy promise to extirpate sin;
And lo! I only live to prove
The truth of Thy almighty love.
Ah wouldst Thou, Lord, my soul inspire
With spiritual, intense desire.
With hatred of iniquity,
With love of righteousness, and Thee,
And make me, Saviour, as Thou art
Lowly, and meek, and pure in heart.
When in Thine image I awake
I must Thy happiness partake,
Possessor of Thy heavenly mind
Rest to my weary soul I find,
Receive the earnest in my breast.
And glide to everlasting rest.
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Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 31: Show Thy converting grace on me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3659/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 31: Show Thy converting grace on me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3659/.
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