Thou tell’st me, O most gracious Lord

Verse 1
Thou tell’st me, O most gracious Lord,
Originally titled: “‘I will thy sins forgive,”
The welcome reconciling word
I thankfully receive;
Joyful in hope of happiness
Ev’n now I happy am,
For I shall soon obtain the peace
Of all that love thy name.

Verse 2
Jesus, I wait, till Thou display
In me thy mercy’s power:
Take mine iniquities away,
And think of them no more,
Thou all thy promises fulfil,
This unbelief remove,
And pardon on my conscience seal,
And fill my soul with love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Blessed is she that believed, for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.’—[Luke 1,] v. 45.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/575, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 109.
Publishing: Public Domain