2 Pass me not, oh, gracious Father! Sinful, though my heart may be; Thou might'st curse me, but the rather Let thy mercy fall on me. 3 Pass me not, oh, tender Savior! Let me love and cling to thee; I am longing for thy favor; When thou comest, call for me. 4 Pass me not, oh, mighty Spirit! Thou canst make the blind to see; Witnesser of Jesus' merit, Speak the word of power to me. 5 Have I long in sin been sleeping, Long been slighting, grieving thee? Has the world my heart been keeping? Oh! forgive and rescue me. 6 Love of God, so pure and changeless,-- Blood of God, so rich and free,-- Grace of God, so strong and boundless,-- Magnify them all in me. Elizabeth Coduer, 1860. 270 Even Me. 8s & 7s. _Self-Consecration._ (524) Take me, oh, my Father! take me, Take me, save me, through thy Son; That which thou would'st have me, make me, Let thy will in me be done. 2 Long from thee my footsteps straying, Thorny proved the way I trod; Weary come I now, and praying-- Take me to thy love, my God! 3 Fruitless years with grief recalling, Humbly I confess my sin; At thy feet, O Father! falling, To thy household take me in. 4 Freely now to thee I proffer This relenting heart of mine; Freely, life and soul I offer-- Gift unworthy love like thine. 5 Once the world's Redeemer dying, Bore our sins upon the tree; On that sacrifice relying, Now I look in hope to thee. 6 Father! take me; all forgiving, Fold me to thy loving breast; In thy hope forever living, I must be forever blest! Ray Palmer, 1865. 271 Ferguson. S.M. _Restore My Peace._ (637) O Jesus! full of grace, To thee I make my moan: Let me again behold thy face-- Call home thy banished one. 2 Again my pardon seal, Again my soul restore, And freely my backslidings heal, And bid me sin no more. 3 Thine utmost mercy show; Say to my drooping soul-- In peace and full assurance go; Thy faith hath made thee whole. Charles Wesley, 1756. 272 I Cannot Do Without Thee. 7s & 6s. _Dependence on Christ._ I cannot do without thee, O Savior of the lost! Whose precious blood redeemed me At such tremendous cost. Cho.--I cannot, would not, Dare not, could not, Will not do without thee. I have no strength or goodness, No wisdom of my own. 2 I cannot do without thee, I cannot stand alone; I have no strength or goodness, No wisdom of my own. 3 I cannot do without thee, I do not know the way; Thou knowest and thou leadest, And wilt not let me stray. 4 I cannot do without thee, For years are fleeting fast, And soon, in solemn loneliness, The river must be passed. Frances H. Havergal, Alt. 273 Ferguson. S.M. _Absorbed in Christ._ (635) Mine eyes and my desire Are ever to the Lord; I love to plead his promises, And rest upon his word.