Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Even so! Come Lord Jesus!

540 C. M.
Come, Lord Jesus.

O JESUS! at thy feet we wait,
   Till thou shalt bid us rise;
   Restored to our unsinning state,-
   To love’s sweet paradise.

2 Saviour from sin, we thee receive,
   From all indwelling sin;
   Thy blood, we steadfastly believe,
   Shall make us throughly clean.

3 Since thou wouldst have us free from sin
   And pure as those above;
   Make haste to bring thy nature in,
   And perfect us in love

4 The counsel of thy love fulfil:
   Come quickly, gracious Lord!
   Be it according to thy will,
   According to thy word.

5 O that the perfect grace were given,
   Thy love diffused abroad:
   O that our hearts were all a heaven,
   Forever fill’d with God.
                          Charles Wesley
                           Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)

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