A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) ‎#316

316. Stony Heart

1 O for a glance of heavenly day,
To take this stubborn stone away:
And thaw, with beams of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart of mine!

2 [The rocks can rend, the earth can quake,
The seas can roar, the mountains shake;
Of feeling all things show some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.]

3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
Dear Lord, an adamant would melt;
But I can read each moving line,
And nothing move this heart of mine.

4 Thy judgments, too, unmoved I hear,
(Amazing thought!) which devils fear;
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To stir this stupid heart of mine.

5 But something yet can do the deed,
And that dear something much I need;
Thy Spirit can from dross refine,
And move and melt this heart of mine.

Text Information

• First Line: O! for a glance of heavenly day
• Title: Stony Heart
• Author: Hart
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1844
• Topic: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind

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