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Hymns · 1762

Retired into His secret place

Songwriter Charles Wesley

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Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2
Publisher Farley
Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

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Lyrics

Retir’d into his secret place (Hosea 5:15)
My absent Saviour I bemoan; (Ps. 13:1)
Forc’d by my sin, thou hid’st thy face: (Hosea 5:15, Isa. 59:2)
My sin the mournful cause I own: (Hosea 5:15)
From saints if thou withdraw thy light,
Their faith to try, their grace t’ improve,
Yet sin alone brought back my night,
And robb’d me of thy pard’ning love.