Religion

Matthew 8: Throughout my sinful soul I know

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

Throughout my sinful soul I know,
And every moment feel.
If Jesus let the sinner go,
I sink unchanged to hell;
If with this unregenerate heart
I out of life retire,
I must, O Lord, from Thee depart
Into eternal fire.

This strong propensity to ill
Thou only canst remove,
And conquer my rebellious will
By Thy almighty love;
My last resource, my total hope
Is in Thy power to save;
Thou canst redeem and lift me up,
While rushing to the grave.

Thou, the great Power of God in man,
The whole salvation art;
To save my soul from endless pain,
Descend into my heart,
By entering in, my heart renew.
The' indwelling God of grace.
And fit me for the blissful view,
And show me all Thy face.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8: Throughout my sinful soul I know.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4085/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8: Throughout my sinful soul I know.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4085/.

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