Ah, Lord, with trembling I confess
A gracious soul may fall from grace,
The salt may lose its savoury power,
And never, never find it more!
Lest this my fearful case should be,
Each moment knit my soul to thee,
And lead me to thy mount above
Thro’ the low vale of humble love.
Ah, Lord, with trembling I confess
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “If the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?”—[Matt.] v. 13. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 165.
Publishing: Public Domain