Thou, Lord, hast blest my going out

Verse 1
Thou, Lord, hast blest my going out,
O bless my coming in,
Compass my weakness round about,
And keep me safe from sin.

Verse 2
Still hide me in thy secret place,
Thy tabernacle spread,
Shelter me with preserving grace,
And guard my naked head.

Verse 3
To thee for refuge may I run,
From sin’s alluring snare,
Ready its first approach to shun,
And watching unto prayer.

Verse 4
O that I never, never more
Might from thy ways depart!
Here let me give my wand’rings o’er,
By giving thee my heart.

Verse 5
Fix my new heart on things above,
And then from earth release:
I ask not life; but let me love,
And lay me down in peace.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "After a Journey." Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1740). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 305.
Publishing: Public Domain