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 to vain.