Hymns · 1762

Yes, from this instant now I will

Details

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..)

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

Luke 15:11-24

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Jeremiah 3:4-5

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Psalm 51:11 Psalm 71:17 Ezekiel 16:6

Lyrics

Verse 1
Yes, from this instant now I will
To my offended Father cry: (Luke 15:18-19)
My base ingratitude I feel,
Vilest of all thy children I,
Not worthy to be call’d thy son, (Luke 15:19)
Yet will I thee my Father own. (Luke 15:18)

Verse 2
Guide of my youth hast thou not been, (Jer. 3:5, Psalm 71:17)
And rescued me from passion’s power,
Ten thousand times preserv’d from sin,
Nor let the greedy gulph devour?
And wilt thou now thy wrath retain, (Jer. 3:5)
Nor ever love thy child again?

Verse 3
Ah, canst thou find it in thy heart
To give me up so long pursued!
Ah, canst thou finally depart,
And leave thy creature in his blood, (Ezekiel 16:6)
Leave me out of thy presence cast, (Psalm 51:11)
To perish in my sins at last!

Verse 4
If thou hast will’d me to return,
If weeping at thy feet I fall,
The prodigal in justice spurn,
Or pity and forgive me all, (Luke 15:20-24)
In answer to my friend above,
In honour of his bleeding love.