The Cyber Hymnal ‎#856

856. Come, Humble Sinner

1. Come, humble sinner, in whose breast,
A thousand thoughts revolve,
Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,
And make this last resolve.

2. I’ll go to Jesus, though my sin
Like mountains round me close;
I know His courts, I’ll enter in,
Whatever may oppose.

3. Prostrate I’ll lie before His throne,
And there my guilt confess,
I’ll tell Him, I’m a wretch undone,
Without His sovereign grace.

4. I’ll to the gracious King approach,
Whose scepter pardon gives;
Perhaps he command my touch,
And then the suppliant lives.

5. Perhaps He will admit my plea,
Perhaps will hear my prayer;
But, if I perish, I will pray,
And perish only there.

6. I can but perish if I go;
I am resolved to try;
But if I stay away, I know
I must forever die.

7. But, if I die with mercy sought,
When I the King have tried,
This were to die (delightful thought!)
As sinner never died.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, humble sinner, in whose breast
• Title: Come, Humble Sinner
• Author: Edmund Jones (1787)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, by John Rippon, 1787
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ABIDING GRACE
• Composer: John Spencer Camp (1905)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 14321 17121 35645
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain