Jesus, Friend of sinners, hear Yet once again, I pray; From my debt of sin set clear, For I have naught to pay: Speak, O speak the kind release; A poor backsliding soul restore; Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. For my selfishness and pride Thou hast withdrawn Thy grace; Left me long to wander wide, An outcast from Thy face; But I now my sins confess, And mercy, mercy, I implore; Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. Sin's deceitfulness hath spread A hardness o'er my heart; But if Thou Thy Spirit shed, The stony shall depart: Shed Thy love, Thy tenderness, And let me feel Thy soft'ning power; Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY by SIDNEY LANIER THE DEATH OF A PHOTOGRAPHER by KAREN SWENSON BOLDNESS IN LOVE by THOMAS CAREW THE RIDE-BY-NIGHTS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE UNSUNG HEROES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE YOUNG GLASS-STAINER by THOMAS HARDY |