Joy to the World: or, sacred songs for gospel meetings 221. Sad and weary with my longing

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Text:

Leaving All for Jesus

1 Sad and weary with my longing
Filled with shame because of sin,
As I am in conscious weakness,
Here I must salvation win.

Chorus:
All I have I leave for Jesus,
I am counting it but dross;
I am coming to the Master,
I am clinging to the Cross.

2 O the joy of knowing Jesus!
It is dawning on my soul;
I am finding his salvation,
And the power that makes me whole. [Chorus]

3 O refine me by thy Spriit!
Make my earthly life sublime
With my heart a home for Jesus,
Till I've done with earth and time. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line:	Sad and weary with my longing
Title:	Leaving All for Jesus
Refrain First Line:	All I have I leave for Jesus
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1879