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The Backslider's Pardon

Lord, and is Thine anger gone?

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 66 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Lord, and is thine anger gone?
And art thou pacify'd?
After all that I have done,
Dost thou no longer chide?
Infinite thy mercies are;
Beneath the weight I cannot move,
O 'tis more that I can bear,
The sense of pard'ning love!

2 Let it still my heart constrain,
And all my passions sway;
Keep me, lest I turn again
Out of the narrow way;
Force my vi'lence to be still,
And captivate my ev'ry thought;
Charm and melt, and change my will,
And bring me down to nought.

3 If I have begun once more
Thy sweet return to feel;
If even now I find thy pow'r
Present my soul to heal:
Still and quiet may I be,
Nor struggle out of thine embrace;
Never more resist or fly
From thy pursuing grace.

4 To the cross, thine altar, bind
Me with the cords of love;
Freedom let me never find
Form my dear Lord to move;
That I never, never more
May with my much-lov'd Master part,
To the posts of mercy's door
O nail my willing heart.

5 See my utter helplessness,
And leave me not alone;
O preserve in perfect peace,
And seal me for thine own!
More and more thyself reveal,
Thy presence let me always find;
Comfort and confirm, and heal,
My feeble, sin-sick mind.

6 As the apple of an eye
Thy weakest servant keep;
Help me at thy feet to lie,
And there for ever weep:
Tears of joy mine eyes o'erflow,
That I've an hope of heav'n;
Much of love I ought to know,
For I have much forgiv'n.

Source: A Pocket Hymn Book: designed as a constant companion for the pious, collected from various authors (9th ed.) #LIV

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Lord, and is Thine anger gone?
Title: The Backslider's Pardon
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

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A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d344

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d499

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d502

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d500

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #455

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #883

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #85

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #85

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d359

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #188

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A Collection of Hymns #85

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A Collection of Hymns #187

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A Pocket hymn book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LIV

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A Pocket Hymn Book #LIV

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LIV

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A Pocket Hymn-book #54

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #LIV

A Selection of Hymns #d170

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d310

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #793

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #793

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #455

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #455

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Hymns and Sacred Poems #71

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Hymns and Songs #95

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #883

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d475

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Methodist Hymn-Book #318

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New Hymn and Tune book #377a

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New Hymn and Tune Book #377a

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #1471

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d156

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d155

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Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.66

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d151

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d258

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d442

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The Centenary Singer #263

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The Choice #S84

The Choice #S84

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The Choir #280

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The Church Praise Book #313

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #501

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs #d153

The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs, with an Appendix of Choice Hymns #d148

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The Guiding Star for Sunday Schools #42

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The Heart and Voice #351a

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #530

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #515

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The Latest Collection of Original and Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #39

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d161

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d164

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #LIV

The New Harp of Columbia #d52

The Primitive Hymns #d342

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The Sacred Harp or Eclectic Harmony #143

The Spiritual Songster. lst ed. #d68

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #544

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The Tribute of Praise #544

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The Tribute of Praise #544

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #704

The Western Harp #d116

Union Hymns #d229

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