O Thou, My Soul, Forget No More

O thou

my soul

for­get no more

The friend who all thy mi­se­ry bore;

Let ev­ery id­ol be forgot

But

O my soul

for­get Him not.

Jesus for thou a bo­dy takes

Thy guilt as­sumes

thy fet­ters breaks

Discharging all thy dread­ful debt;

And canst thou e’er such love for­get?

Renounce thy works and ways

with grief

And fly to this most sure re­lief;

Nor Him for­get

who left His throne

And for thy life gave up His own.

Infinite truth and mer­cy shine

In Him

and He Him­self is thine:

And canst thou

then

with sin b­eset

Such charms

such match­less charms

for­get?

Ah! no—till life it­self de­part

His name shall cheer and warm my heart;

And lisp­ing this

from earth I’ll rise;

And join the chorus of the skies.

Ah! no—when all things else ex­pire

And per­ish in the gen­er­al fire

This name all oth­ers shall sur­vive

And through eter­ni­ty shall live.