Month: April 2022

POEM XIX. After being surprised into Sin. Augustus Montague Toplady AH! Give me, Lord, myself to see,Against myself to watch and pray,How weak am I, when left by thee,How frail, how apt to fall away!If but a moment thou withdraw,That moment sees me break thy law.Jesus, the sinner’s only trust,Let me now feel thy grace … Read more

Augustus Montague Toplady POEM XVIII. FROM Justice’s consuming flame, Saviour, I fly to thee; O look not on me as I am, But as I fain would be. Deserted in the way I lie, No cure for me is found: Thou, good Samaritan, pass by, And bind up every wound. O may I in the … Read more

Poem XVII Augustus Montague Toplady O may I never restTill I find rest in thee;’Till of my pardon here possess’dI feel thy love to me!Unseal my darken’d eyes,My fetter’d feet unbind,The lame shall, when thou say’st “Arise,”Run swifter than the hind.O draw the alien near,Bend the obdurate neck,O melt the flint into a tear,And teach … Read more