Thy servant if I am indeed

Verse 1
Thy servant if I am indeed,
Redeem’d by blood divine,
From sin, the world, and Satan freed,
Preserve me ever thine:
From wilful, known, presumptuous sins
Thou only canst defend,
Exalted to be Israel’s Prince,
And Saviour to the end.

Verse 2
My treacherous heart will turn again
To its own wickedness,
Unless thou constantly restrain,
And rule it by thy grace:
But if thou keep me day and night,
I shall transgress no more,
But blameless walk as in thy sight,
Or at thy feet adore.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Keep thy servant from presumptuous sins.’—Ps. 19:13. III.” This hymn appears in the 1783 manuscript “MS Scriptural Hymns.” 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 1977/576, 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. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 280.
Publishing: Public Domain