Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Ah whither shall I go
Topic: Penitential
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 40
Page Number: 046, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAh! Whither shall I go,
Burden'd, and sick, and faint?
To whom should I my troubles show,
And pour out my complaint?
My Saviour bids me come,
Ah! Why do I delay?
He calls the weary sinner home,
And yet from him I stay.
What is it keeps me back,
From which I will not part?
Which will not let my Saviour take
Possession of my heart!
Jesus, the hindrance show,
Which I have fear'd to see;
Yet let me now consent to know,
What keeps me back from thee.
Searcher of hearts, in mine
Thy trying power display,
Into its darkest corners shine,
And take the veil away.
I do believe, in thee
Compassion reigns alone,
According to my faith, to me
O let it, Lord, be done.
In me is all the bar,
Which thou wouldst fain remove,
Remove if, and I shall declare
That God is only love.