Verse 1
By violence from the body driven,
Where shall my naked soul appear?
A sinner, dying unforgiven,
I but begin my sufferings here.

Verse 2
Soon as I take my gloomy flight,
Vengeance will seize its destin’d prey,
And bound in chains of darkest night
Reserve me to that dreadful day.

Verse 3
All the foul secrets of my heart
And life that dreadful day shall show,
And God condemn me to depart
Accurst into eternal woe.

Verse 4
A moment here I still remain
(Before the Judge hath sentence past,)
T’ escape th’ intolerable pain,
The pain which shall forever last.

Verse 5
They tell me, who the Judge have known
Divinely good, humanely kind,
If I my sins and merits own,
Mercy ev’n I may hope to find.

Verse 6
They tell me, that my dying cry
For mercy He this moment hears,
And at the throne of God most high
The sinner’s Advocate appears.

Verse 7
Jesus, Jehovah, God supreme,
I all my crimes to Thee confess,
From sin and endless death redeem,
Forgive, and bid me die in peace.

Verse 8
My trust is in thy blood alone,
Whom I my Lord and God adore:
Thy will concerning me be done
In life and death I ask no more.