Christ My Song - 2444

O may I never rest
(Augustus M. Toplady/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

O may I never rest.

1. O may I never rest
  'till I find rest in thee,
'till, of my pardon here possessed,
  I feel thy love to me! PDF - Midi

2. Unseal my darkened eyes,
  my fettered feet unbind;
the lame shall, when thou say'st "arise,"
  run swifter than the hind.

3. O draw the alien near,
  bend the obdurate neck;
o melt the flint into a tear,
  and teach the dumb to speak:

4. turn not thy face away,
  thy look can make me clean;
me in thy wedding robe array,
  and cover all my sin.

5. Tell me, my God, for whom
  thy precious blood was shed;
for sinners? Lord, as such I come,
  for such the Saviour bled:

6. then raise a fallen wretch,
  display thy grace in me;
I am not out of mercy's reach,
  not too far gone for thee.

7. Thou quickly wilt forgive,
  my Lord will not delay;
Jesus, to thee the time I leave,
  and wait th' accepted day:

8. I now rejoice in hope
  that I shall be made clean;
thy grace shall surely lift me up,
  above the reach of sin.

9. Hast thou not died for me,
  and called me from below?
O help me to lay hold on thee,
  and ne'er to let thee go!

10. Through every thorny path
  my Saviour I'll pursue:
a while submit to bear his wrath,
  then share his glory too.

Augustus M. Toplady, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1860, 21-22.
(Stanza numbering adapted: 10 à 4 instead of 5 à 4+4.)

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