Religion

Galatians 2:20: Who loved me, and gave Himself for me

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)

Religion

Ho ty Guost, remove the grief
And burden of my sins,
Me, convinced of unbelief,
Of righteousness convince. _
Comforter, on Thee I call,
Apply the blood that sets me free,
Tell my heart, Who died for all
Hath loved and died for me.
Faith's appropriating power
With Thee I long to feel;
Come in this accepted hour
My Saviour-Lord reveal,
By Thine energy constrain
My soul to cry with joy unknown,
Very God was very man,
And Christ is all my own.

He loved, and gave Himself for me;
On this, on this alone I build
My hope of life and liberty,
And all the promises fulfill'd.
His blood that purges every stain,
Shall make me throughly clean and free;
And I shall love my Lord again,
What may I not expect from Him,
Who left for me His throne above?
He will from sin and death redeem
The object of His dying love.
He will restore me from my fall,
My pledge of heaven His passion is;
The bleeding cross hath promised all,
And sworn my everlasting bliss.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Galatians 2:20: Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6891/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Galatians 2:20: Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6891/.

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