Church Book ‎#361

361. O Thou who wouldst not have

1 O Thou who wouldst not have
One wretched sinner die,
Who diedst Thyself, my soul to save
From endless misery!
Teach me my course to run,
While yet I sojourn here,
That when Thou comest on Thy throne
I may with joy appear.

2 Thou art Thyself the Way,
Thyself in me reveal;
So shall I pass my life's short day
Obedient to Thy will;
So shall I love my God,
Because He first loved me,
And praise Thee in Thy bright abode,
Through all eternity.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou who wouldst not have
• Author: C. Wesley (1749, a.)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Order of Salvation: Repentance; Advent, Second Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #96 or #572

Tune Information

• Name: GÖTTINGEN
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: g minor
• Notes: Now Public Domain. From index: Ad. Goss, 1864