1 Depth of mercy! Can there be
  
mercy still reserved for me?
  
Can my God His wrath forbear?
  
me, the chief of sinners, spare?
2 I have long withstood His grace,
  
long provoked Him to His face;
  
would not hearken to His calls,
  
grieved Him by a thousand falls.
3 I my Master have denied;
  
I afresh have crucified,
  
oft profaned His hallowed name,
  
put Him to an open shame.
4 There for me the Savior stands,
  
shows His wounds and spreads His hands.
  
God is love! I know, I feel;
  
Jesus weeps, but loves me still!
                        
Charles Wesley  
                        
The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition
<idle musing>
  Hymnary.org adds a fifth verse:
  
5 Now incline me to repent,Classic Wesleyan doctrine in that verse; I'm surprised the Methodist hymnal excised it.
let me now my fall lament;
now my foul revolt deplore!
weep, believe, and sin no more.
</idle musing>
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