Let me, according to thy word,
A tender, contrite heart receive, (Ezek. 36:26, Ps. 51:17, Isa. 57:15)
Which bleeds for having griev’d its Lord,
And never can itself forgive,
An heart thy joys and griefs to feel,
An heart, which cannot faithless prove,
An heart, where Christ alone may dwell, (Eph. 3:17)
All praise, all meekness, and all love!
Let me, according to Thy word
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I will give you an heart of flesh.”—[Ezek.] xxxvi. 26. 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 57.
Publishing: Public Domain