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Text:O That My Load of Sin Were Gone!
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:HAMBURG
Composer:Lowell Mason, 1792-1872

393. O That My Load of Sin Were Gone!

1 O that my load of sin were gone!
O that I could at last submit
At Jesus’ feet to lay it down,
To lay my soul at Jesus’ feet!

2 Rest for my soul I long to find:
Saviour of all, if mine Thou art,
Give me Thy meek and lowly mind,
And stamp Thine image on my heart.

3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin,
And fully set my spirit free:
I cannot rest till pure within,
Till I am wholly lost in Thee.

4 Fain I would learn of Thee, my God;
Thy light and easy burden prove,
The cross, all stained with hallowed blood,
The labor of Thy dying love.

5 I would, but Thou must give the power;
My heart from every sin release;
Bring near, bring near the joyful hour,
And fill me with Thy perfect peace.

AMEN.

Text Information
First Line: O that my load of sin were gone!
Title: O That My Load of Sin Were Gone!
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter: L M
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: The Call to Salvation
Tune Information
Name: HAMBURG
Composer: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
Meter: L M
Key: F Major or modal



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