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Text: | Ah! Whither Should I Go? |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Tune: | LEOMINSTER |
Composer: | George William Martin |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Ah! whither should I go,
Burdened and sick and faint?
To whom should I my trouble show,
And pour out my complaint?
My Savior bids me come;
Ah! why do I delay?
He calls the weary sinner home,
And yet from Him I stay.
2. What is it keeps me back,
From which I cannot part,
Which will not let the Savior take
Possession of my heart?
Searcher of hearts, in mine
Thy trying power display;
Into its darkest corners shine,
And take the veil away.
3. I now believe in Thee,
Compassion reigns alone;
According to my faith, to me
O let it, Lord, be done!
4. In me is all the bar,
Which Thou wouldst fain remove;
Remove it, and I shall declare
That God is only love.
The following verses are commonly omitted:
5. Some cursèd thing unknown
Must surely lurk within,
Some idol which I will not own,
Some secret bosom sin.
6. Jesu, the hindrance show,
Which I have feared to see;
Yet let me now consent to know
What keeps me out of Thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ah! whither should I go |
Title: | Ah! Whither Should I Go? |
Author: | Charles Wesley (1741) |
Meter: | SMD |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, 1741 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LEOMINSTER |
Composer: | George William Martin (1862) |
Meter: | SMD |
Incipit: | 33333 44222 32233 |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
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