By A Collection of Hymns

      L.M.
      1 STAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay,
      Though I have done thee such despite,
      Nor cast the sinner quite away,
      Nor take thine everlasting flight.

      2 Though I have steeled my stubborn heart,
      And still shook off my guilty fears,
      And vexed, and urged thee to depart,
      For many long rebellious years;

      3 Though I have most unfaithful been
      Of all who e'er thy grace received,
      Ten thousand times thy goodness seen,
      Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved;

      4 Yet O! the chief of sinners spare,
      In honour of my great High-priest,
      Nor in thy righteous anger swear
      To exclude me from thy people's rest.

      5 This only woe I deprecate.
      This only plague I pray remove;
      Nor leave me in my lost estate,
      Nor curse me with this want of love.

      6 Now, Lord, my weary soul release,
      Up-raise me with thy gracious hand.
      And guide into thy perfect peace,
      And bring me to the promised land.