Arm of the Lord, whose vengeance laid

Verse 1
Arm of the Lord, whose vengeance laid
My sins upon my Saviour’s head,
In mercy now the sinner see,
And O destroy them all in me.

Verse 2
Accept all-gracious as thou art,
Accept a mournful sinner’s heart,
Who pour my tears before my God,
As a poor victim does its blood.

Verse 3
My feeble soul would fain aspire,
Its zeal and thoughts, and whole desire
Lift up to thee, through Jesu’s name,
As a burnt-sacrifice, its flame.

Verse 4
And since it cannot please alone,
Accept it, Father, thro’ thy Son;
Supported by his sacrifice,
O may it from his altar rise.

Verse 5
Cloath’d in his righteousness receive,
And bid me one with Jesus live,
Join all he sanctifies in one,
One cross, one glory, and one crown.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns on the Lord's Supper, published by John and Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1745).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 3 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 331.
Publishing: Public Domain