Thro’ many a night of distress
My soul has its Saviour pursued,
And pin’d for a taste of his grace,
And long’d for a drop of his blood;
And still heavy-laden and faint
I look for my Lord from above,
To bring me the comfort I want,
The rest of assurance and love.
Thro’ many a night of distress
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “With my soul have I desired thee in the night.”—[Isa.] xxvi. 9. 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 390.
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