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Long Have I Seemed to Serve Thee, Lord
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3904 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Incipit: 34321 54332 56215 Lyrics: 1. Long have I seemed to serve Thee, Lord,
With unavailing pain:
I fasted, prayed, and read Thy Word,
And heard it preached in vain.
2. Oft did I with th’assembly join,
And near Thine altar drew;
A form of godliness was mine,
The power I never knew.
3. I rested in the outward law;
Nor knew its deep design:
The length and breadth I never saw,
The height of love divine.
4. To please Thee thus, at length I see,
I vainly hoped and strove:
For what are outward things to Thee,
Unless they spring from love?
5. I see the perfect law requires
Truth in the inward parts:
Our full consent, our whole desires,
Our undivided hearts.
6. But I of means have made my boast,
Of means an idol made;
The spirit in the letter lost,
The substance in the shade.
7. Where am I now, or what my hope?
What can my weakness do?
Jesus! to Thee my soul looks up:
’Tis Thou must make it new. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. FRANCES
Long Have I Seemed to Serve Thee, Lord
The vanity of mere formality
Hymnal: New Hymn and Tune Book #117a (1889) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Incipit: 51112 36716 56567 First Line: Long have I seem'd to serve thee, Lord Topics: Humiliation Unfaithfulness Mourned Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:15 Languages: English Tune Title: ELEY
The vanity of mere formality
