Author: Josiah Conder 1789-1855
My Lord, I did not choose you,
for that could never be;
this heart would still refuse you
had you not chosen me:
you took the sin that stained me,
you cleansed and made me new;
for you of old ordained me
that I should live to you.
2. Unless your grace had called me
and taught my opening mind,
the world would have enthralled me,
to heavenly glories blind:
my heart knows none above you;
for you I long, I thirst,
and know that if I love you,
Lord, you have loved me first.
Scriptures: John 13:18, Psalms 63:1, 1 John 1:7-9, Psalms 42:1-2, Isaiah 42:7, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Luke 24:45, James 2:5, 1 John 4:19, Psalms 73:25, Jeremiah 1:4-5, Matthew 10:1, John 15:16, Romans 8:29-30, Ephesians 1:17-18, Haggai 2:23, Deuteronomy 7:6-7, Mark 3:13-14, Luke 6:12-13, John 15:19, Romans 8:3, Romans 9:16, Romans 13:7-8, 1 Corinthians 1:27-28, Galatians 1:15-16, Ephesians 1:5-6