Verse 1
Since first my earthly course begun,
I have pursued a God unknown,
Attracted from above
I have for thy salvation stay’d,
Thro’ a long life of trouble pray’d,
And languish’d for thy love.

Verse 2
Why have I not my suit obtain’d,
If with sincerity unfeign’d
I ask’d the promis’d good?
Why am I, Lord, at life’s sad close
Oppress’d with sins, o’rewhelm’d with woes
And dying in my blood?

Verse 3
The sole exception from thy grace,
The only outcast from thy face
If Thou hast pass’d me by,
I to my righteous doom submit,
And weep unpitied at thy feet,
Till at thy feet I die.

Verse 4
But O, if hope doth still remain,
And mindful of thy mortal pain
Thou thinkst on Calvary;
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
Thy cross unable to forget,
In death remember me!