Author: Charles Wesley 1707-88
Where shall my wondering soul begin?
How shall I all to heaven aspire?
A slave redeemed from death and sin,
a brand plucked from eternal fire,
how shall I worthy triumphs raise,
or sing my great deliverer’s praise?
2. O, how shall I the goodness tell,
Father, which here to me you showed?
That I, a child of wrath and hell,
I should be called a child of God!
should know, should feel, my sins forgiven,
blessed with this foretaste of your heaven!
3. And shall I slight my Father’s love
or basely fear his gifts to own?
unmindful of his favours prove?
shall I, the hallowed cross to shun,
refuse his righteousness to impart
by hiding it within my heart?
4. No, though the ancient dragon rage
and call forth all his hosts to war,
though earth’s self-righteous sons engage,
them and their god alike I dare;
Jesus, the sinners’ friend, proclaim,
Jesus, to sinners still the same.
5. For us the blood, the mercy flowed
in pardon from his wounded side;
he died for us, the eternal God,
for us the Prince of glory died!
Believe, and all your sin’s forgiven;
only believe, and yours is heaven!
Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 2:8, Psalms 66:16, Hebrews 13:8, Ephesians 1:7, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Matthew 11:25, 2 Corinthians 2:14, 1 John 3:1, John 3:16, Psalms 40:10, Isaiah 25:1, Acts 13:38-39, John 19:34, Acts 3:13, Romans 1:16, John 11:26, Acts 5:31, Matthew 11:19, Luke 7:34, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Hebrews 10:29, Romans 8:16, John 19:38, Amos 4:11, Acts 16:30-31, Ephesians 2:3, Revelation 20:2, Matthew 9:10, Leviticus 25:48, Deuteronomy 32:18, Psalms 31:21, Psalms 145:7, Jeremiah 20:9, Zechariah 3:2, John 8:33, John 8:41-45, Romans 9:26, Romans 11:26, Galatians 3:1-2, Hebrews 6:4-5, Revelation 20:8