Verse 1
To my latest moment crying,
Must I cry for grace in vain,
Jesus, save a sinner dying,
O redeem a wretched man!
Wretched I beyond expression,
Longer if my Lord defer,
Finisher of the transgression,
End of sin in me t’ appear.

Verse 2
Contrary to thee by nature,
Shapen in iniquity,
Born thine enemy and hater,
How shall I thy kingdom see?
How into thy presence venture,
Unrenew’d in righteousness?
No unholy thing can enter,
Stand before thy glorious face.

Verse 3
Yet I in my lost condition
May approach the sinner’s friend,
Still presenting my petition,
Saviour, in the cloud descend:
Make thy goodness pass before me,
God discover’d from above,
To thine image here restore me,
Change my nature into love.

Verse 4
Love excludes the selfish passion,
Love destroys the carnal mind;
Love be here my full salvation,
Love for thee and all mankind:
Let thine own compassion move thee
Thy own nature to impart,
Force me now to cry—I love thee,
Love thee, Lord, with all my heart.

Verse 5
Thus prepar’d for my dismission,
Let me for thy coming stay,
Gliding with a smooth transition
Into everlasting day,
Seal’d by thy uniting Spirit,
Meet with thee, O Christ, to live—
Then impute thy righteous merit,
Then my spotless soul receive.