Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HYMN, by GEORGE WHITEFIELD


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First Line: Shall I, for fear of feeble man
Last Line: Tis fix'd! I can do all through thee!
Subject(s): Worship


Shall I, for fear of feeble man,
Thy Spirit's course in me restrain?
Or undismay'd in deed and word,
Be a true witness to my Lord?

Awed by a mortal's frown, shall I
Conceal the Word of God most high?
How then before Thee shall I dare
To stand, or how thy anger hear?

No; let man rage! since Thou wilt spread
Thy shadowing wings around my head:
Since in all pain thy tender love
Will still my sweet refreshment prove.

Saviour of men! thy searching eye
Does all my inmost thoughts descry:
Doth aught on earth my wishes raise?
Or the world's favour, or its praise?

The love of Christ does me constrain,
To seek the wand'ring souls of men:
With cries, entreaties, tears to save,
To snatch them from the gasping grave.

For this let men revile my name,
No cross I shun, I fear no shame:
All hail, reproach, and welcome pain!
Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain.

My life, my blood I here present,
If for thy truth they may be spent:
Fulfil thy sov'reign counsel, Lord:
Thy will be done! thy name ador'd!

Give me thy strength, O God of power!
Then let winds blow, or thunders roar,
Thy faithful witness will I be --
'Tis fix'd! I can do all through Thee!





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