The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#428

428. Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay

1 Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay,
Though I have done Thee such despite;
Nor cast the sinner quite away,
Nor take Thine everlasting flight.

2 Though I have steeled my stubborn heart,
And shaken off my guilty fears;
And vexed, and urged Thee to depart,
For many long rebellious years:

3 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.

4 Yet, O, the chief of sinners spare,
In honor of my great High Priest;
Nor in Thy righteous anger swear
To exclude me from Thy people’s rest.

AMEN.

Text Information

• First Line: Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay
• Title: Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Meter: L M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Repentance and Pardon

Tune Information

• Name: LUXBRIDGE
• Composer: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
• Meter: L M
• Key: E Major