O Jesus, full of truth and grace

Verse 1
O Jesus, full of truth and grace,
Shew forth thy truth and grace on me,
On me let all thy will take place,
Speak the kind word, and set me free
From sin and Satan’s iron chain;
O give me back my peace again.

Verse 2
Would I not in thy name believe?
Thy name is all I want to know:
Thou canst, thou canst my sin forgive,
This moment touch me white as snow,
This moment my backslidings heal,
And speak the gracious word, “I will!”

Verse 3
Willing to save, I know, thou art,
Thy love is equal to thy power:
Why then dost thou far off depart,
Why dost thou let the foe devour,
My prayer cast out, my suit repel,
And leave me in the toils of hell!

Verse 4
Whate’er in me obstructs the way,
Art thou not ready to remove?
My lusts and appetites to slay,
And crucify my creature-love,
The sacred willingness t’ infuse,
The power eternal life to chuse?

Verse 5
Why am I then, ah! Shew me why
This weak, intangled, wretched thing?
Afraid to live, afraid to die?
Nor death nor life have lost their sting;
A living death, alas! I bear,
Cut off from hope, and from despair.

Verse 6
A mystery of grief, and sin,
Out of the deep I cry to thee,
End, Jesus, end this war within,
Set my sad soul at liberty;
My groaning soul on thee I cast,
Redeem, and let me groan my last.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems Vol. 1, published by Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1749). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 430.
Publishing: Public Domain