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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
This is an hymn by [[Charles Wesley]], 1747, ''Redemption Hymns'' No. 30. Meter is {{CiteCat|77. 77. 77}}. | |||
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1. Weary world, when will it end, | |||
Destined to the purging fire! | |||
Fain I would to heaven ascend; | |||
Thitherward I still aspire: | |||
Savior, this is not my place, | |||
Let me die to see thy face. | |||
{{Text| | 2. O cut short the work in me, | ||
Make a speedy end of sin, | |||
Set my heart at liberty, | |||
Bring the heavenly nature in, | |||
Seal me to redemption’s day, | |||
Bear my new-born soul away.}} | |||
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3. For this only thing I wait, | |||
This for which I here was born, | |||
Raise me to my first estate, | |||
Bid me to thy arms return, | |||
Let me to thine image rise, | |||
Give me back my paradise. | |||
4. For thine only love I pant, | |||
{{ | God of love thyself reveal, | ||
Love, thou know’st, is all I want, | |||
Now my only want fulfill, | |||
}} | Answer now thy Spirit’s cry, | ||
Let me love my God, and die.}} | |||
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==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 04:18, 23 January 2018
General information
This is an hymn by Charles Wesley, 1747, Redemption Hymns No. 30. Meter is 77. 77. 77.
Settings by composers
- Jacob French — Aspiration English SATB
Text and translations
English text 1. Weary world, when will it end, |
3. For this only thing I wait, |
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External links
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