Sunday's Hymn

This is one of John Newton’s hymns in Olney Hymns.

’Tis a Point I Long to Know

’Tis a point I long to know,
Oft it causes anxious thought;
Do I love the LORD, or no?
Am I his, or am I not?

If I love, why am I thus?
Why this dull and lifeless frame?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse,
Who have never heard his name!

Could my heart so hard remain,
Prayer a task and burden prove;
Every trifle give me pain,
If I knew a Savior’s love?

When I turn my eyes within,
All is dark, and vain, and wild;
Filled with unbelief and sin,
Can I deem myself a child?

If I pray, or hear, or read,
Sin is mixed with all I do;
You that love the LORD indeed,
Tell me, Is it thus with you?

Yet I mourn my stubborn will,
Find my sin, a grief, and thrall;
Should I grieve for what I feel,
If I did not love at all?

Could I joy his saints to meet,
Choose the ways I once abhorred,
Find, at times, the promise sweet,
If I did not love the LORD?

Lord decide the doubtful case!
Thou who art thy people’s sun;
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Lord’s Day 38, 2009 at The Thirsty Theologian
• From the Cross to the Crown at The Happy Wonderer
• O Lord, How Are My Foes Increased! at Fieldstone Cottage
• Divine Promises from The Valley of Vision at The Upward Call
• Jesus With Thy Church Abide at Hiraeth
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Doubt Is A Deadly Poison
• O God of Bethel, By Whose Hand at Whatever Things
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee at Tapestry of Graces

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.