Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: When any turn from Zion's way
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 301
Page Number: 280, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen any turn from Zion's way,
(Alas! What numbers do!)
Methinks I hear my Saviour Say,
"Wilt thou forsake me too?"
Ah, Lord! with such a heart as mine,
Unless thou hold me fast;
I feel I must, I shall decline,
And prove like them at last.
Yet thou alone hast power, I know,
To save a wretch like me;
To whom, or whiter, could I go,
If I should turn from thee?
Beyond a doubt I rest assur'd
Thou art the Christ of God;
Who hath eternal life secur'd
By promise and by blood.
The help of men and angels join'd,
Could never reach my case;
Nor can I hope relief to find,
But in thy boundless grace.
No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart:
No love but thine can make me bless'd,
And satisfy my heart.
What anguish has that question stirr'd,
If I will also go?
Yet, Lord, relying on thy word,
I humbly answer, No!