Still, O Lamb, to Thee I pray

Verse 1
Still, O Lamb, to thee I pray,
I, the vile backslider I,
Take, O take my sins away,
Haste thy balmy blood t’ apply,
Bid the power of sin depart,
Drop thy blood upon my heart.

Verse 2
Weary, weary, and opprest
Shall I come to thee in vain?
Wilt thou, Lord, deny me rest,
Canst thou leave me to my pain,
Crush’d by my own misery,
Perishing for want of thee?

Verse 3
Lord, I cannot let thee go,
’Till thou give me back my peace;
Wilt thou not the grace bestow?
Wilt thou not my sins dismiss?
From the guilt and power set free,
Justify the damn’d in me!

Verse 4
If thou all compassion art,
If to me thy bowels move,
Trouble, and make soft my heart,
Melt it by thy pardning love,
Now from all my sins release,
Loose, and bid me go in peace.

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 417.
Publishing: Public Domain