HYMNS: My God! I Know, I Feel Thee Mine

1 My God! I know, I feel thee mine, And will not quit my claim Till all I have is lost in thine, And all renewed I am. 2 I hold thee with a trembling hand, But will not let thee go Till steadfastly by faith I stand, And all thy goodness know. 3 When shall I see the welcome hour That plants my God in me! Spirit of health, and life, and power, And perfect liberty! 4 Jesu, thine all-victorious love Shed in my heart abroad! Then shall my feet no longer rove, Rooted and fixed in God. 5 Love only can the conquest win, The strength of sin subdue (Mine own unconquerable sin), And form my soul anew. 6 Love can bow down the stubborn neck, The stone to flesh convert; Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break An adamantine heart. 7 Oh, that in me the sacred fire Might now begin to glow, Burn up the dross of base desire, And make the mountains flow! 8 Oh, that it now from heaven might fall, And all my sins consume! Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call, Spirit of burning, come! 9 Refining fire, go through my heart, Illuminate my soul; Scatter thy life through every part, And sanctify the whole. 10 Sorrow and sin shall then expire, While, entered into rest, I only live my God t’admire— My God forever blest. 11 No longer then my heart shall mourn, While purified by grace I only for his glory burn, And always see his face. 12 My steadfast soul, from falling free, Shall then no longer move; But Christ be all the world to me, And all my heart be love.