Jesus, extend Thine hand of grace

Jesus, extend thine hand of grace
And let me feel thee near;
Thy only touch my soul can raise,
Can banish all my fear:
Thy only touch shall make me clean,
My nature purify,
Expel the unbelieving sin,
And raise me to the sky.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, be not afraid.”—[Matt.] xvii. 7. 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 306.
Publishing: Public Domain