By the picture of Thy passion

Verse 1
By the picture of thy Passion
Still in pain I remain
Waiting for salvation.

Verse 2
Jesu, let thy sufferings ease me,
Saviour, Lord, speak the word,
By thy death release me.

Verse 3
At thy cross behold me lying,
Make my soul throughly whole
By thy blood’s applying.

Verse 4
Hear me, Lord, my sins confessing,
Now relieve, Saviour give,
Give me now the blessing.

Verse 5
Still my cruel sins oppress me,
Tyed and bound ’till the sound
Of thy voice release me.

Verse 6
Call me out of condemnation,
To my grave come and save,
Save me by thy Passion.

Verse 7
To thy foul and helpless creature,
Come, and cleanse all my sins,
Come and change my nature.

Verse 8
Save me now, and still deliver,
Enter in, cast out sin,
Keep thine house for ever.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in a hymnal jointly credited to John and Charles Wesley; it is likely though not fully certain that Charles wrote it. 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 277.
Publishing: Public Domain