WHEN my heart is hard and stony,
Full of doubt and sinful lust,
Lead me, Saviour, then to seek Thee,
Let me in Thy mercy trust.
When my heart is filled with darkness,
Filled with sins that grieve Thy heart,
Saviour, O my Saviour, hear me,
Thy own light to me impart.
When I wander from Thy precepts
In the dark, forbidden way,
When my heart is void of feeling,
Teach me, Saviour, then to pray.
Let me bow before Thee boldly—
Search my heart, remove the sin,—
At the portal of Thy mercy,
Saviour, bid me enter in.
Welcome in Thy presence give me,
I to Thee my all resign,
Thine for strength and life and keeping—
For Thy service wholly Thine.
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