8.8.8.8
James Montgomery
Heart-Searching. -- Jeremiah, viii.20.
Is summer ended, -- harvest past,
And I not sav'd? -- God of grace,
Thy covenant yet standeth fast,
Still Thy command is -- |Seek my face.|
Ah! now or never may I call
On Thy great Name, through Christ, Thy Son;
This hour, this moment, I might fall, --
Fall, and for ever be undone.
Save, Lord, I perish! -- hear my cry;
I walk in darkness, -- Thou art light;
Shine forth upon my spirit's eye,
Faith, that outsees the eye of sight.
Faint, yet pursuing, I lay hold
On Thy sure Word, which cannot fail;
Through weakness strong, by fear made bold,
I plead that Word, and must prevail.
Thine own Almightiness is mine,
When wrestling thus in prayer with Thee;
Through Christ's atonement, I am Thine;
Now let me Thy salvation see,