Text: | Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay |
Author: | Watts |
1 Stay, thou insulted spirit, stay,
Though I have done thee such despite,
Nor cast the sinner quite away,
Nor take thine everlasting flight.
2 Though I have steeled my stubborn heart,
And still shook off my guilty fears;
And vexed, and urged thee to depart,
For many long, rebellious years:
3 Though I have most unfaithful been,
Of all whoe'er thy grace received;
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen,
Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved:
4 Yet, oh! the chief of sinners spare,
In honor of my great High Priest;
Nor in thy righteous anger swear
T' exclude me from thy people's rest.
5 This only woe I deprecate;
This only plague I pray remove;
Nor leave me in my lost estate;
Nor curse me with this want of love.
6 Now, Lord, my weary soul release,
Upraise me with thy gracious hand,
And guide into thy perfect peace,
And bring me to the promised land.
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First Line: | Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay |
Author: | Watts |
Meter: | L. M. |
Publication Date: | 1873 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | The Christian System: Repentance and Faith; Deprecating the Withdrawal of the Spirit |