Text: | Weary of earth, and laden with my sin |
Author: | Samuel J. Stone |
Tune: | LANGRAN |
Composer: | James Langran |
1 Weary of earth, and laden with my sin,
I look to heaven, and long to enter in.
But there no evil thing may find a home;
And yet I hear a voice that bids me "Come."
2 So vile I am, how dare I hope to stand
In the pure glory of that Holy Land?
Before the whiteness of that throne appear?
Yet there are hands stretched out to draw me near.
3 The while I fain would tread the heavenly way,
Evil is ever with me day be day;
Yet on mine ears the gracious tidings fall:
"Repent, confess; thou shalt be loosed from all."
4 It is the voice of Jesus that I hear;
His are the hands stretched out to draw me near;
And His the blood that can for all atone,
And set me faultless there before the throne.
5 'Twas He who found me on the deathly wild;
And made me heir of Heaven, the Father's child;
And day by day, whereby my soul may live,
Gives me His grace of pardon, and will give.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Weary of earth, and laden with my sin |
Author: | Samuel J. Stone (1866) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Self Abasement; Confession of Sin; Contrition(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LANGRAN |
Composer: | James Langran |
Meter: | 10s |