Thee that my sacrifice may please,
Assist me, Lord, to lay aside
The leaven of all wickedness,
All spite, hypocrisy, and pride:
Anger, and doubt, and anxious care
Out of my heart if thou remove,
I’ll lift up holy hands in prayer
With truth, sincerity, and love.
Thee that my sacrifice may
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “No offering which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven.”—Lev. ii. 11. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 58.
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