Verse 1
Lord, and is thine anger gone,
And art thou pacified?
After all that I have done,
Dost thou no longer chide?
Infinite thy mercies are,
Beneath the weight I cannot move,
O! ’Tis more than I can bear
The sense of pardoning love!

Verse 2
Let it still my heart constrain,
And all my passions sway,
Keep me, least[1] I turn again
Out of the narrow way;
Force my violence to be still,
Captivate my every thought,
Charm, and melt, and change my will,
And bring me down to nought.

Verse 3
If I have begun once more
Thy sweet return to feel,
If ev’n now I find thy power
Present my soul to heal,
Still, and quiet may I lie,
Nor struggle out of thy[2] embrace,
Never more resist or fly
From thy pursuing grace.

Verse 4
To thy cross, thy[3] altar, bind
Me with the cords of love,
Freedom let me never find
From my dear Lord to move;
That I never, never more
May with my much-lov’d Master part,
To the posts of mercy’s door
O nail my willing heart.

Verse 5
See my utter helplesness,
And leave me not alone,
O preserve in perfect peace,
And seal me for thine own;
More, and more thy self reveal.
Thy presence let me always find,
Comfort, and confirm, and heal
My feeble, sin-sick mind.

Verse 6
As the apple of an eye
Thy weakest servant keep,
Help me at thy feet to lie,
And there forever weep,
Tears of joy my[4] eyes ore’flow
That I have any hope of heaven;
Much of love I ought to know,
For I have much forgiven.

Verse 7
Now I seem to taste thy love
As for a moment’s space,
But I cannot faithful prove
To thy restoring grace;
Cannot in temptation stand,
My own frail[5] soul I cannot keep,
If thou once withdraw thy[6] hand,
I sink into the deep.

Verse 8
Now, this instant now, if sin
Were knocking at my heart,
I should let the tempter in,
And bid my Lord depart;
But thou wilt not let me fall,
Thou wilt not from my weakness move,
Till I more than conquer all
Thro’ thy redeeming love.

[1] Wesley changed “least” to “lest” in 1745, but returned to “least” in following editions.
[2] Wesley changed “thy” to “thine” in 1745.
[3] Wesley changed “thy” to “thine” in 1745.
[4] Wesley changed “my” to “mine” in 1745.
[5] The original edition accidentally omitted “frail”; it was present in all other editions.
[6] Wesley changed “thy” to “thine” in 1745, but returned to “thy” in following editions.