This page has been validated.
22
- 4 "Give me thy heart, thou hard'ned foe,
- "Or soon expect my wrathful blow.”
- I give: but, O! I'm so unclean,
- I dare not send a gift so mean.
- 5 "Give me thy heart: I'll not delay
- "To cleanse. I call; then swift obey."
- Here, Lord, then take a part, the best,
- And tarry till I mend the rest.
- 6 "Give me thy heart, I'll have it all;
- "A part's a gift by far too small."
- Forbear, O Lord, thy calls—delay;
- Excuse me till a future day.
- 7 "Go, mighty grace, this present hour
- "Make known my great, all saving pow'r;
- "That soul I bought, I know the cost;
- "Nor shall this precious part be lost.”
- 8 "Give me thy heart: now, sinner, say,
- "Canst thou, to give it, longer stay?"
- No! Lord; for, lo! thy grace so free
- Has brought me over all to thee.
- 9 Had I ten thousand hearts my own,
- I'd soon unite them all in one:
- And in one off'ring freely send
- Them up to thee, my God and Friend.
