Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay

Stay

Thou in­sult­ed Spir­it

stay

Though I have done Thee such des­pite

Nor cast the sin­ner quite away

Nor take Thine ev­er­last­ing flight.

Though I have steeled my stub­born heart

And still shook off my guil­ty fears

And vexed

and urged Thee to de­part

For ma­ny long re­bel­lious years;

Though I have most un­faith­ful been

Of all who e’er Thy grace re­ceived

Ten thou­sand times Thy good­ness seen

Ten thou­sand times Thy good­ness grieved;

Yet O! the chief of sin­ners spare

In hon­or of my great High Priest

Nor in Thy right­eous an­ger swear

T’exclude me from Thy peo­ple’s rest.

This on­ly woe I de­pre­cate.

This on­ly plague I pray re­move;

Nor leave me in my lost es­tate

Nor curse me with this want of love.

If yet Thou canst my sins for­give

From now

O Lord

re­lieve my woes

Into Thy rest of love re­ceive

And bless me with calm re­pose.

Now

Lord

my wea­ry soul re­lease

Upraise me with Thy gra­cious hand.

And guide in­to Thy per­fect peace

And bring me to the pro­mised land.