Wherewith O God

1. Wherewith O God, shall I draw near, And bow myself before thy face How in thy purer eyes appear What shall bring to gain thy Grace 2. Will gifts delight the Lord most high Will multiplied oblations please Thousands of rams his favour buy Or slaughtered hecatombs appease 3. Can these assuage the wrath of God Can these wash out my guilty stain Rivers of oil, and seas of blood, Alas they all must flow in vain. 4. Guilty I stand before thy face, On me I feel thy wrath abide Tis just the sentence should take place Tis just but O thy Son hath died 5. Jesus, the Lamb of God hath bled, He bore our sins upon the tree; Beneath our curse he bowed his head Tis finished he hath died for me 6. See where before the throne he stands, And pours the all prevailing prayer; Points to his side, and lifts his hands, And shows that I am graven there. 7. He ever lives for me to pray; He prays that I with him may reign Amen to what my Lord doth say Jesus, thou canst not pray in vain.