THOU great mysterious God unknown, Whose love has gently led me on, E’en from my infant days, Mine inmost soul expose to view, And tell me if I ever knew Thy justifying grace.
If I have only known Thy fear, And followed with a heart sincere Thy drawings from above, O, now the further grace bestow, And let my troubled conscience know Thy sweet forgiving love.
Short of Thy love I would not stop, A stranger to the Gospel hope And sense of sin forgiven; I would not, Lord, my soul deceive, Without a true assurance live, That foretaste now of Heaven.
Whate’er obstructs Thy pardoning love— My wilfulness or pride—remove, Thy glory to display; My heart of unbelief convince, And now forgive me all my sins, And take them all away.
Father, in me reveal Thy Son, And to my inmost soul make known How merciful Thou art: The secret of Thy love reveal, And by Thy Holy Spirit dwell For ever in my heart.
Charles Wesley, 1707-88