Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Come let me love or is my mind
Topic: The Lord's Supper
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 237
Page Number: 262, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome, let me love; or is my mind
Harden'd to stone, or froze to ice?
I see the blessed fair One bend,
And stoop t' embrace me from the skies.
O! 'tis a thought would melt a rock,
And make a heart of iron move;
That those sweet lips, that heav'nly look,
Should seek, and wish a mortal's love.
I was a traitor, doom'd to fire,
Bound to sustain eternal pains;
He flew on wings of strong desire,
And bore my sins, and broke my chains.
Infinite grace! Almighty charms!
Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies!
Jesus the Lord extends his arms,
Hangs on a cross of love and dies!
Sure I must love; or are my ears
Still deaf, nor will my passions move?
Lord, melt this flinty heart to tears,
This heart must yield to death or love.