Take heart…your sins are forgiven.
Matthew 9:2
Words: Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems (Bristol, England: Felix Farley, 1749), Volume 1, number 27, alt.
Music: Advent (Plymouth), in the Plymouth Collection, by Henry W. Beecher (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1855), number 125, where it is described as a Western melody
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Come, Lord, come quickly from above,
The object of Thy bleeding love
Is sick, and wants Thine aid;
Lover of every helpless soul,
O let Thy pity make him whole,
Whose mind on Thee is stayed.
His only trust is in Thy blood,
Thou sinner’s advocate with God,
Thou all-atoning Lamb;
The virtue of Thy death impart,
Speak comfort to his drooping heart,
And tell him all Thy name.
Give Him Thy pardoning love to feel,
And freely his backsliding heal,
Repair his faith’s decay;
Restore the sweetness of Thy grace,
Reveal the glories of Thy face,
And take his sins away.
Speak, Lord, and let him find Thee near,
O bid him now be of good cheer,
Declare his sins forgiv’n;
Return, Thou Prince of Peace, return
Thou Comforter of all that mourn,
And take him up to Heav’n.