Book 3, Hymn 64 · William Cowper · Public-domain words
Holy LORD GOD! I love thy truth
Book 3, Hymn 64 · William Cowper
The words
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Stanza 1. Holy LORD GOD! I love thy truth,Nor dare thy least commandment slight;Yet pierced by sin, the serpent’s tooth,I mourn the anguish of the bite.
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Stanza 2. But though the poison lurks within,Hope bids me still with patience wait;Till death shall set me free from sin,Free from the only thing I hate.
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Stanza 3. Had I a throne above the rest,Where angels and archangels dwell;One sin, unslain, within my breast,Would make that heav’n as dark as hell.
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Stanza 4. The pris’ner, sent to breathe fresh air,And blessed with liberty again,Would mourn, were he condemned to wearOne link of all his former chain.
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Stanza 5. But O! no foe invades the bliss,When glory crowns the christian’s head;One view of Jesus as he is,Will strike all sin for ever dead.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 64. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-64
About these words
William Cowper lived from 1731 to 1800. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
