[b]I Want a Principle Within[/b] by Charles Wesley I want a principle within of watchful, godly fear,A sensibility of sin, a pain to feel it near.I want the first approach to feel of pride or wrong desire,To catch the wandering of my will, and quench the kindling fire.From Thee that I no more may stray, no more Thy goodness grieve,Grant me the filial awe, I pray, the tender conscience give.Quick as the apple of an eye, O God, my conscience make;Awake my soul when sin is nigh, and keep it still awake.Almighty God of truth and love, to me Thy power impart;The mountain from my soul remove, the hardness from my heart.O may the least omission pain my reawakened soul,And drive me to that blood again, which makes the wounded whole. [url=https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=category&cid=636]Charles Wesley Hymns[/url]
_________________Christopher Joel Dandrow
An [i]outstanding[/i] hymn, and one of my personal favorites of Charles Wesley. All my inner man cries out for this principle. [i]A sensibility of sin, a pain to feel it near.[/i]
_________________Paul Frederick West