Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Weary of wandering from my God
Topic: The New Life/Relapse and Recovery
Writer: C Wesley
Composer:
Meter: LM six lines
Tune:
Hymn Number: 940
Page Number: 559, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWeary of wandering from my God,
And now made willing to return,
I hear, and bow beneath the rod;
For thee, for thee alone, I mourn:
I have an Advocate above,
A Friend before the throne of love.
O Jesus, full of truth and grace!
More full of grace than I of sin;
Yet once again I seek thy face,
Open thine arms and take me in;
And freely my backslidings heal,
And love the faithless sinner still.
Thou know'st the way to bring me back,
My fallen spirit to restore;
O, for thy truth and mercy's sake,
Forgive, and bid me sin no more!
The ruins of my soul repair,
And make my heart a house of prayer.