1 What shall I do, my God, my God?
I ask in Jesu’s name.
Unsanctified, and unrenewed
I still remain the same.
2 Sin, only sin in me I find;
I cannot subject be
To Thy command; my carnal mind
Is enmity to Thee.
3 But Thou canst wash the leper clean,
The stone to flesh convert,
Canst make the Ethiop change his skin,
And purify my heart.
4 Then only, when by grace renewed
My will with Thine shall suit:
O make the tree of nature good,
And good shall be its fruit.
5 I strive in all I do to please
With endless grief and pain,
But cannot, Lord, from sinning cease,
Till I am born again.
6 With Thee my virtue is but vice,
My good is specious ill,
’Tis self, ’tis nature in disguise,
And I am carnal still.
7 No work of mine, or word, or thought
Thy judgment can abide,
Thy glory, Lord, I never sought,
For all my soul is pride.
8 What have I then wherein to trust?
How must I come to Thee?
Foul as I am, condemned and lost,
Thy Son hath died for me.
9 Jesus hath died that I might live,
Might live to God alone,
In Him eternal life receive,
And be in spirit one.
10 Savior, I thank Thee for the grace,
The gift unspeakable,
And wait, with arms of faith t’embrace,
And all Thy love to feel.
11 My soul breaks out in strong desire
The perfect bliss to prove,
My longing soul is all on fire
To be dissolved in love.
12 Give me Thyself, from every boast,
From every wish set free.
Let all I am in Thee be lost,
But give Thyself to me.
13 Thy gifts, alas! cannot suffice,
Unless Thyself be giv’n,
Thy presence makes my paradise,
And where Thou art is Heav’n.
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16947
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 >
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