Son of God, If Thy Free Grace
Charles Wesley prays for God to stop at nothing to make sure that he comes safely ashore in the Promised Land.
Charles Wesley prays for God to stop at nothing to make sure that he comes safely ashore in the Promised Land.
This hymn was included in the first hymn-book for ‘the people called Methodists’ (1779) in the section ‘For Backsliders Recovered’.
SON of God, if thy free grace
Again hath raised me up,
Call’d me still to seek thy face,
And given me back my hope;
Still thy timely help afford,
And all thy lovingkindness show:
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go!
2 By me, O my Saviour, stand,
In sore temptation’s hour;
Save me with thine outstretch’d hand.
And show forth all thy power
O be mindful of thy word;
Thy all-sufficient grace bestow
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.
3 Give me, Lord, a holy fear,
And fix it in my heart
That I may from evil near
With timely care depart;
Sin be more than hell abhorr’d:
Till thou destroy the tyrant foe,
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.
4 Never let me leave thy breast,
From thee, my Saviour, stray;
Thou art my Support and Rest,
My true and living Way;
My exceeding great Reward,
In heaven above, and earth below
Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,
And never let me go.