1 While Jesus whispers peace,
And unctuously displays
The matchless beauties of his grace,
Our hearts approve his ways.
2 But when the Lord withdraws
The unction of his love,
His will we wickedly oppose,
His judgments disapprove.
3 So fickle, false, and blind,
Are these unstable hearts,
We only are to God resigned,
As he the grace imparts.
4 Father, thy will be done,
In words we oft express;
When in our hearts we want our own,
And wish our sufferings less.
5 Dear God, our guilt forgive,
Thy pardoning love display;
And may we to thy glory live,
Thy righteous will obey.
6 [Thy presence let us view,
And give our conscience rest;
The visits of thy love renew,
Then do what thou think’st best.]
Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #682
Gadsby, William , was born in 1773 at Attleborough, in Warwickshire. In 1793 he joined the Baptist church at Coventry, and in 1798 began to preach. In 1800 a chapel was built for him at Desford, in Leicestershire, and two years later another in the town of Hinckley. In 1805 he removed to Manchester, becoming minister of a chapel in Rochdale Boad, where he continued until his death, in January, 1844. Gadsby was for many years exceedingly popular as a preacher of the High Calvinist faith, and visited in that capacity most parts of England. He published The Nazarene's Songs, being a composition of Original Hymns, Manchester, 1814; and Hymns on the Death of the Princess Charlotte, Manchester, 1817. In 1814 he also published A Selection of Hymn… Go to person page >
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