| Song | Long Have I Seemed To Serve Thee |
| Album | Popular Hymns By Charles Wesley |
| Genre | Contemporary Christian Music |
| Writer | Charles Wesley |
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| Tags | Long Have I Seemed To Serve Thee |
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Long Have I Seemed To Serve Thee, Lord,
With Unavailing Pain;
Fasted, And Prayed, And Read Thy Word,
And Heard It Preached In Vain.
Oft Did I With The Assembly Join,
And Near Thine Altar Drew;
A Form Of Godliness Was Mine,
The Power I Never Knew.
I Rested In The Outward Law,
Nor Knew Its Deep Design;
The Length And Breadth I Never Saw,
And Height, Of Love Divine.
To Please Thee Thus, At Length I See,
Vainly I Hoped And Strove;
For What Are Outward Things To Thee,
Unless They Spring From Love?
I See The Perfect Law Requires
Truth In The Inward Parts,
Our Full Consent, Our Whole Desires,
Our Undivided Hearts.
But I Of Means Have Made My Boast.
Of Means An Idol Made;
The Spirit In The Letter Lost,
The Substance In The Shade.
Where Am I Now, Or What My Hope?
What Can My Weakness Do?
Jesus, To Thee My Soul Looks Up,
‘Tis Thou Must Make It New.
