HYMNS: My God! I Know, I Feel Thee Mine

1

My God! I know, I feel thee mine,

   And will not quit my claim

Till all I have is lost in thine,

   And all renewed I am.

                        2

I hold thee with a trembling hand,

   But will not let thee go

Till steadfastly by faith I stand,

   And all thy goodness know.

                        3

When shall I see the welcome hour

   That plants my God in me!

Spirit of health, and life, and power,

   And perfect liberty!

                        4

Jesu, thine all-victorious love

   Shed in my heart abroad!

Then shall my feet no longer rove,

   Rooted and fixed in God.

                        5

Love only can the conquest win,

   The strength of sin subdue

(Mine own unconquerable sin),

   And form my soul anew.

                        6

Love can bow down the stubborn neck,

   The stone to flesh convert;

Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break

   An adamantine heart.

                        7

Oh, that in me the sacred fire

   Might now begin to glow,

Burn up the dross of base desire,

   And make the mountains flow!

                        8

Oh, that it now from heaven might fall,

   And all my sins consume!

Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call,

   Spirit of burning, come!

                        9

Refining fire, go through my heart,

   Illuminate my soul;

Scatter thy life through every part,

   And sanctify the whole.

                        10

Sorrow and sin shall then expire,

   While, entered into rest,

I only live my God t’admire—

   My God forever blest.

                        11

No longer then my heart shall mourn,

   While purified by grace

I only for his glory burn,

   And always see his face.

                        12

My steadfast soul, from falling free,

   Shall then no longer move;

But Christ be all the world to me,

   And all my heart be love.