My God, I Know, I Feel Thee Mine

 

VERSE 1

Lord, I cannot let Thee go,

My God! 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.

VERSE 2

I hold Thee with a trembling hand,

But will not let Thee go,

Till steadfastly by faith I stand,

And all Thy goodness know.

VERSE 3

When shall I see the welcome hour,

That plants my God in me!

Spirit of health, and life, and power,

And perfect liberty!

VERSE 4

Jesus, Thine all victorious love

Shed in my heart abroad;

Then shall my feet no longer rove,

Rooted and fixed in God.

VERSE 5

Love only can the conquest win,

The strength of sin subdue,

(My own unconquerable sin)

And form my soul anew.

VERSE 6

Love can bow down the stubborn neck,

The stone to flesh convert,

Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break

An adamantine heart.

VERSE 7

O that in me the sacred fire

Might now begin to glow,

Burn up the dross of base desire,

And make the mountains flow!

VERSE 8

O that it now from heaven might fall,

And all my sins consume!

Come, Holy Ghost, for Thee I call,

Spirit of burning, come!

VERSE 9

Refining fire, go through my heart,

Illuminate my soul;

Scatter Thy life through every part,

And sanctify the whole.

VERSE 10

No longer then my heart shall mourn,

While, purified by grace,

I only for His glory burn,

And always see His face.

VERSE 11

My steadfast soul, from falling free,

Shall then no longer move;

But Christ be all the world to me,

And all my heart be love.

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