Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #216 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Holy Spirit The Sinner's Helplessness Lyrics: 1 Ye humble sinner, in whose breast,
A thousand thoughts revolve,
Come, with your guilt and fear opprest,
And make this last resolve:
2 "I'll go to Jesus, though my sin
Hath like a mountain rose;
I know his courts, I'll enter in,
Whatever may oppose.
3 "Prostrate I'll lie before his throne,
And there my guilt confess,
I'll tell him I'm a wretch undone
Without his sovereign grace:
4 "Perhaps he will admit my plea,
Perhaps will hear my prayer;
But if I perish I will pray,
And perish only there.
6 "I can but perish if I go,
I am resolv'd to try;
For if I stay away, I know
I must for ever die."
6 But if I die with mercy sought,
When I the King have tried,
This were to die (delightful thought!)
As sinner never died. Scripture: Esther 4:16
Come, humble sinner, in whose breast