Forever here my rest shall be

373 Martyrdom (Avon). C. M.

1 For ever here my rest shall be,
   Close to thy bleeding side;
   This all my hope, and all my plea,
   For me the Saviour died.

2 My dying Saviour and my God,
   Fountain for guilt and sin,
   Sprinkle me ever with thy blood,
   And cleanse, and keep me clean.

3 Wash me, and make me thus thine own:
   Wash me, and mine thou art;
   Wash me, but not my feet alone,
   My hands, my head, my heart.

4 Th' atonement of thy blood apply,
   Till faith to sight improve;
   Till hope in full fruition die,
   And all my soul be love.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition