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7585. Wherewith, O Lord, Shall I Draw Near?

1. Wherewith, O Lord, shall I draw near,
And bow myself before Thy face?
How in Thy purer eyes appear?
What shall I bring to gain Thy grace?

2. Whoe’er to Thee themselves approve
Must take the path Thyself has showed;
Justice pursue, and mercy love,
And humbly walk by faith with God.

3. But though my life henceforth be Thine,
Present for past can ne’er atone;
Though I to Thee the whole resign,
I only give Thee back Thine own.

4. What have I then wherein to trust?
I nothing have, I nothing am;
Excluded is my every boast;
My glory swallowed up in shame.

5. Guilty I stand before Thy face;
On me I feel Thy wrath abide:
’Tis just the sentence should take place,
’Tis just—but O, Thy Son hath died!

6. Jesus, the Lamb of God, hath bled,
He bore our sins upon the tree,
Beneath our curse He bowed His head,
’Tis finished! He hath died for me!

7. For me I now believe He died!
He made my every crime His own,
Fully for me He satisfied:
Father, well pleased behold Thy Son.

8. He ever lives for me to pray;
He prays that I with Him may reign;
Amen to what my Lord doth say!
Jesu, Thou canst not pray in vain.

Text Information
First Line: Wherewith, O Lord, shall I draw near
Title: Wherewith, O Lord, Shall I Draw Near?
Author: Charles Wesley (1740)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: RIVAULX
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 55555 66511 62344
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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