The Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Hope

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1 When I behold my bleeding God,
Each mountain seems a plain;
But if I e'er forget his blood,
The mountains rise again.

2 What means my inbred sense, so rude,
To war against my peace?
Or why should reason bold intrude
Upon a Saviour's grace?

3 What tho' my senses loudly say,
I have nor faith, nor love;
Nor am I in the living way
That leads to realms above.

4 What if still to increase my grief,
It summons lust and pride,
Hardness of heart, and unbelief,
And all my ills beside:

5 And, from the whole, would witness this,
Thou art devoid of grace;
How canst thou hope, in worlds of bliss,
To see the Saviour's face?

6 To this, the witness of my Lord,
Greater than all in me,
Replies in his unerring word,
The Saviour's grace is free.

Source: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs: selected and original, designed for the use of the Church Universal in public and private devotion #CCLXXIV

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Author: James Relly

James Relly was born about 1722 at Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and died in 1778. He was converted to Christianity during the Great Awakening ushered in by George Whitefield. He worked under George Whitefield as a Calvinistic Methodist preacher and missionary. However, Whitefield and Relly separated ways over Relly's seemingly universalist teaching that all humanity was elect (i.e. saved) when Christ took the punishment for all sin when he died. He also departed from both the Calvinists and Methodists by taking the doctrine of Justification further, in teaching that believers no longer sin and the Law's sole purpose is to condemn humanity and point them to Christ. He was the mentor of John Murray, the founder of the Universalist Ch… Go to person page >

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First Line:	When I behold my bleeding God
Title:	The Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Hope
Author:	James Relly
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain