Dear [O] Lord, and will Thy pardoning love

Verse 1

Dear Lord! and will thy pardoning love Embrace a wretch so vile? Wilt thou my load of guilt remove, And bless me with thy smile?

Verse 2

Hast thou the cross for me endured, And all its shame despised? And shall I be ashamed, O Lord, With thee to be baptized?

Verse 3

Didst thou the great example lead In Jordan’s swelling flood? And shall my pride disdain the deed That’s worthy of my God?

Verse 4

Dear Lord, the ardour of thy love Reproves my cold delays; And now my willing footsteps move In thy delightful ways.