Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#253

253. O for a glance of heav'nly day

1 O for a glance of heav'nly day,
To take this stubborn heart away;
And thaw with beams of love divine
This heart, this frozen heart of mine!

2 The rocks can rend; the earth can quake;
The seas can roar; the mountains shake;
Of feeling all things show some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.

3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
O Lord, an adamant would melt;
but I can read each moving line,
And nothing moves this heart of mine.

4 Thy judgments too, unmov'd I hear,
(Amazing thought!) which devils fear,
Goodness and wrath in vain combine,
To stir this stupid heart of mine.

5 Eternal Spirit! mighty God!
Apply to me the Saviour's blood
'Tis his rich blood and his alone,
Can move and melt this heart of stone.

Text Information

• First Line: O for a glance of heav'nly day
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  Ezekiel 36:26
• Topic: And I will take away the stony heart, and will give you a heart of flesh; Penitence of the awakened sinner: Prayer for penitence

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