Ah, what shall we do, Our pardon to gain

Verse 1
Ah, what shall we do,
Our pardon to gain,
And holiness true
With Jesus obtain;
Our utmost endeavour
Too weak to procure
His forfeited favor,
Or make our hearts pure!

Verse 2
For mercy and grace,
We only can cry,
And wait in his ways,
Till Jesus pass by,
To our supplication
Humanely attend,
And bring us salvation
Which never shall end.

Verse 3
The cry of our heart
Thou waitest to hear,
And ready thou art
Our Lord to appear,
To give us thy Spirit;
And then we are free,
And then we inherit
All fulness in thee.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns for the Use of Families, and on Various Occasions, published by Charles Wesley (Bristol: William Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 37.
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