Today's cross: A Jerusalem cross made from
olive wood in Bethlehem.
Charles Wesley, 1742
AH! Whither should I go
Burdened, and sick, and faint?
To whom should I my trouble show,
Or pour out my complaint?
The Savior bids me come;
Ah! Why do I delay?
He calls the weary sinner home;
And yet from him I stay.
What is it keeps me back,
From which I cannot part?
Which will not let my Savior take
Possession of my heart?
Some cursed thing unknown
Must surely lurk within;
Some idol which I will not own,
Some secret, bosom sin.
Jesus, the hind’rance show,
Which I have feared to see;
Yet let me now consent to know
What keeps me out of thee!
Searcher of hearts, in mine
Thy trying power display;
Into its darkest corners shine,
And take the veil away!
I now believe in thee
Compassion reigns alone:
According to my faith, to me
O let it be, Lord, be done!
In me is all the bar,
Which thou wouldst fain remove;
Remove it, and I shall declare
That God is only love.
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