Self-Acquaintance
Self-Acquaintance
by William Cowper
Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart,
Which of itself complains,
And mourns, with much and frequent smart,
The evil it contains.
There fiery seeds of anger lurk,
Which often hurt my frame;
And wait but for the tempter's work,
To fan them to a flame.
Legality holds out a bribe
To purchase life from thee;
And discontent would fain prescribe
How thou shalt deal with me.
While unbelief withstands thy grace,
And puts the mercy by;
Presumption, with a brow of brass,
Says, "Give me, or I die."
How eager are my thoughts to roam
In quest of what they love!
But, ah! when duty calls them home,
How heavily they move!
Oh, cleanse me in a Saviour's blood,
Transform me by thy pow'r,
And make me thy belov'd abode,
And let me rove no more.
4 Comments:
Would that we could each know ourselves as well....but to know HIM more...now that is the secret.
Doug, I have a blog. Joe
I like old works for some reason. I just like the language more that modern stuff.
Wow!
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