From hence, most gracious Lord, from hence
The land of my captivity,
I wail my complicate offence,
And turn from every sin to thee;
Mine utmost strength (which is not mine)
In striving against sin exert,
And weep, and pray for love divine
With all my soul and all my heart.
From hence, most gracious Lord, from hence
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “If from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.”—[Deut.] iv. 29. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 92.
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