The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#591

591. Jesus, Friend of sinners hear

1 Jesus, Friend of sinners, hear
Yet once again, I pray;
From my debt of sin set clear,
For I have naught to pay:
Speak, O speak the kind release,
A poor backsliding soul restore;
Love me freely, seal my peace,
And bid me sin no more.

2 For my selfishness and pride
Thou hast withdrawn thy grace;
Left me long to wander wide,
An outcast from thy face;
But I now my sins confess,
And mercy, mercy, I implore;
Love me freely, seal my peace,
And bid me sin no more.

3 Sin's deceitfulness hath spread
A hardness o'er my heart;
But if thou thy Spirit shed,
The stony shall depart:
Shed thy love, thy tenderness,
And let me feel thy softening power;
Love me freely, seal my peace,
And bid me sin no more.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, Friend of sinners hear
• Author: Charles Wesley
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented

Tune Information

• Name: PENITENCE
• Composer: William H. Oakley
• Meter: P. M.
• Key: B♭ Major