Author: Edmund Jones Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #856 Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Come, humble sinner, in whose breast Lyrics: 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. Languages: English Tune Title: ABIDING GRACE
Come, Humble Sinner