By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M.
      1 MY God! I know, I feel thee mine,
      And will not quit my claim,
      Till all I have is lost in thine,
      And all renewed I am.

      2 I hold thee with a trembling hand,
      But will not let thee go,
      Till steadfastly by faith I stand,
      And all thy goodness know.

      3 When shall I see the welcome hour,
      That plants my God in me!
      Spirit of health, and life, and power,
      And perfect liberty!

      4 Jesus, thine all-victorious love
      Shed in my heart abroad;
      Then shall my feet no longer rove,
      Rooted and fixed in God.

      5 Love only can the conquest win,
      The strength of sin subdue,
      (My own unconquerable sin)
      And form my soul anew.

      6 Love can bow down the stubborn neck,
      The stone to flesh convert,
      Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break
      An adamantine heart.

      7 O that in me the sacred fire
      Might now begin to glow,
      Burn up the dross of base desire,
      And make the mountains flow!

      8 O that it now from heaven might fall,
      And all my sins consume!
      Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call,
      Spirit of burning, come!

      9 Refining fire, go through my heart,
      Illuminate my soul;
      Scatter thy life through every part,
      And sanctify the whole.

      10 No longer then my heart shall mourn,
      While, purified by grace,
      I only for his glory burn,
      And always see his face.

      11 My steadfast soul, from falling free,
      Shall then no longer move;
      But Christ be all the world to me,
      And all my heart be love.