Wrestling Jacob

Verse 1

Yield to me now, for I am weak, But confident in self-despair; Speak to my heart, in blessings speak: Be conquered by my instant prayer: Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, And tell me if thy name be Love.

Verse 2

'Tis Love! 'tis Love! thou diedst for me; I hear thy whisper in my heart; The morning breaks, the shadows flee; Pure, universal Love thou art: To me, to all, thy bowels move-- Thy nature and thy name is Love.

Verse 3

My prayer hath power with God; the grace Unspeakable I now receive; Through faith I see thee face to face; I see thee face to face, and live! In vain I have not wept and strove; Thy nature and thy name is Love.

Verse 4

I know thee, Saviour, who thou art-- Jesus, the feeble sinner's Friend: Nor wilt thou with the night depart, But stay and love me to the end: Thy mercies never shall remove; Thy nature and thy name is Love.