LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7
| Writer(s): | John Newton
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1779
| Bible Refs: | Gen 32:26-27
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MUSIC
| Name: | SEYMOUR
| | Meter: | 7 7 7 7
| | Writer(s): | Carl Maria Freidrich Ernst von Weber
| | Dates: | 1826,1851
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Baptist Hymnal
| 33
| F
| Baptist Hymnal
| 171
| F
| Baptist Hymnal
| 242
| F
| Baptist Hymnal
| 254
| F
| Baptist Hymnal
| 510
| F
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 486
| F
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| 1. Lord, I cannot let Thee go,
Till a blessing Thou bestow:
Do not turn away Thy face,
Mine’s an urgent, pressing case.
2. Dost Thou ask me who I am?
Ah! my Lord, Thou know’st my name;
Yet the question gives a plea
To support my suit with Thee.
3. Thou didst once a wretch behold,
In rebellion blindly bold,
Scorn Thy grace, Thy power defy:
That poor rebel, Lord, was I.
4. Once a sinner, near despair,
Sought Thy mercy seat by prayer;
Mercy heard, and set him free:
Lord, that mercy came to me.
5. Many days have passed since then,
Many changes I have seen;
Yet have been upheld till now;
Who could hold me up but Thou?
6. Thou hast helped in every need;
This emboldens me to plead:
After so much mercy past,
Canst Thou let me sink at last?
7. No, I must maintain my hold;
’Tis Thy goodness makes me bold;
I can no denial take,
When I plead for Jesus’ sake.
8. **alt verses
9. Nay, I cannot let Thee go,
Till a blessing Thou bestow:
Do not turn away Thy face,
Mine’s an urgent, pressing case.
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