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4 Remove this hardness from my heart; This unbelief remove: To me the rest of faith impart-- The Sabbath of thy love.
Charles Wesley.
258 Ortonville. C.M.
_Longing for Christ._ (648)
Oh! could I find from day to day, A nearness to my G.o.d; Then should my hours glide sweet away, And live upon thy word.
2 Lord! I desire with thee to live.
Anew from day to day, In joys the world can never give, Nor ever take away.
3 O Jesus! come and rule my heart And I'll be wholly thine; And never, nevermore depart; For thou art wholly mine.
4 Thus, till my last expiring breath, Thy goodness I'll adore; And, when my flesh dissolves in death, My soul shall love thee more.
Benjamin Cleveland, 1790.
259 Ortonville. C.M.
_Self-Dedication._ (662)
Welcome, O Savior! to my heart; Possess thine humble throne; Bid every rival hence depart, And claim me for thine own.
2 The world and Satan I forsake,-- To thee I all resign; My longing heart, O Jesus! take, And make it all divine.
3 Oh! may I never turn aside, Nor from thy bosom flee; Let nothing here my heart divide-- I give it all to thee.
Hugh Bourne, 1825.
260 Rhine. C.M.
_Prayer for Entire Sanctification._ (652)
My G.o.d, I know, I feel thee mine, And will not quit my claim Till all I have is lost in thine, And all renewed I am.
2 I hold thee with a trembling hand, And will not let thee go, Till steadfastly by faith I stand And all thy goodness know.
3 Jesus, thine all-victorious love Shed in my heart abroad: Then shall my feet no longer rove, Rooted and fixed in G.o.d.
4 Refining fire, go through my heart, Illuminate my soul; Scatter thy life through every part, And sanctify the whole.
Charles Wesley.
261 Bemerton. C.M.
_Self-Consecration._ (646)
My G.o.d! accept my heart this day, And make it always thine, That I from thee no more may stray, No more from thee decline.
2 Before the cross of him who died, Behold I prostrate fall; Let every sin be crucified; Let Christ be All in All.
3 May the dear blood, once shed for me, My blest atonement prove, That I, from first to last, may be The purchase of thy love.
4 Let every thought, and work, and word, To thee be ever given; Then life shall be thy service, Lord!
And death the gate of heaven.
Matthew Bridges, 1848.
262 Uxbridge. L.M.
_Living to Christ Alone._ (815)
My gracious Lord! I own thy right To every service I can pay, And call it my supreme delight, To hear thy dictates and obey.
2 What is my being, but for thee, Its sure support, its n.o.blest end?
Thine ever-smiling face to see, And serve the cause of such a Friend.
3 I would not breathe for worldly joy, Or to increase my worldly good; Nor future days or powers employ, To spread a sounding name abroad.
4 'Tis to my Savior I would live, To him, who for my ransom died; Nor could all worldly honor give Such bliss as crowns me at his side.
Philip Doddridge. 1740.
263 Grat.i.tude. L.M.
_G.o.d Wills Our Holiness._ (679)
He wills that I should holy be; That holiness I long to feel; That full divine conformity To all my Savior's righteous will.
2 See, Lord, the travail of thy soul Accomplished in the change of mine; And plunge me, every whit made whole, In all the depths of love divine.
3 On thee, O G.o.d, my soul is stayed, And waits to prove thine utmost will; The promise by thy mercy made, Thou canst, thou wilt in me fulfill.
4 No more I stagger at thy power, Or doubt thy truth, which cannot move; Hasten the long-expected hour, And bless me with thy perfect love.
Charles Wesley.
264 Duane Street. L.M.D.
_The Way to G.o.d._
