Verse 1
Thee, Jesu, thee the sinner’s friend,
I follow on to apprehend,
Renew the glorious strife,
Divinely confident, and bold
With faith’s strong arm on thee lay hold,
Thee, my eternal life.

Verse 2
Tell me, O Lord, if thine I am,
Tell me thy new, mysterious name,
Or thou shalt never move:
No, never will I let thee go,
Till I thy name, thy nature know,
And feel that God is love.

Verse 3
I feel that I have power with God,
Thou only hast the power bestow’d,
And arm’d me for the fight:
A prince thro’ thee invincible,
I pray, and wrestle, and prevail,
And conquer in thy might.

Verse 4
Thy heart, I know, thy tender heart
Doth in my sorrows feel its part,
And at my tears relent,
My powerful sighs thou canst not bear,
Nor stand the violence of my prayer,
My prayer omnipotent.

Verse 5
Give me the grace, the love I claim,
Thy Spirit now demands thy name,
Thou knowst the Spirit’s will,
He helps my soul’s infirmity,
And strongly interceeds for me
With groans unspeakable.

Verse 6
Answer, dear Lord, thy Spirit’s groan,
O make to me thy nature known,
Thy hidden name impart,
(Thy title is with thee the same)
Tell me thy nature, and thy name,
And write it on my heart.

Verse 7
Prisoner of hope, to thee I turn,
And calmly confident I mourn,
And pray, and weep for thee:
Tell me thy love, thy secret tell,
Thy mystick name in me reveal,
Reveal thyself in me.

Verse 8
Descend, pass by me, and proclaim,
O Lord of hosts, thy glorious name,
The Lord, the gracious Lord,
Long-suffering, merciful, and kind,
The God who always bears in mind
His everlasting word:

Verse 9
Plenteous he is in truth, and grace,
He wills, that all the fallen race,
Should turn, repent, and live,
His pard’ning grace for all is free,
Transgression, sin, iniquity,
He freely doth forgive.

Verse 10
Mercy he doth for thousands keep,
He goes, and seeks the one lost sheep,
And brings his wanderer home;
And every soul that sheep might be:—
Come, then, dear Lord, and gather me,
My Jesus, quickly come.

Verse 11
Take me into thy people’s rest,
O come, and with my sole request
My one desire comply,
Make me partaker of my hope,
Then bid me get me quickly up,
And on thy bosom die.