Hymns in Lent - Fifth Sunday in Lent

  "And quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord."

 - Lamentations 3:26

My soul  before thee prostrate lies,

To thee, her source, my spirit flies:

My wants I mourn, my chains I see;

O let thy presence set me free!

Jesus, vouchsafe my heart and will

With thy meek lowliness to fill;

No more her power let nature boast,

But in thy will may mine be lost.

And well I know thy tender love,

THou never canst unfaithful prove;

And well I know thou stand'st by me,

Pleas'd from myself to set me free.

 

Still will I watch, and labour still

To banish every thought of ill;

Till thou in thy good time appear,

And sav'st me from the fowler's snare.

 

Already springing hope I feel,

God will destroy the power of hell:

God, from a land of wars and pain

Leads me where peace and safety reign.

One only care my soul shall know,

Father, ll thy commands to do:

And feel (what endless ages shall prove,)

That thou,My Lord, my God, art love.

 

The Methodist Pocket Hymn-Book. New York:   

J. Soule and T. Mason Publishing Co., 1818.