Olney Hymns (1840)/Book 1/Hymn 115
115.
Will ye also go away?—John, vi, 67—69.
1 When any turn from Zion's way—
Alas! what numbers do!—
Methinks I hear my Saviour say,
"Wilt thou forsake me too?"
Alas! what numbers do!—
Methinks I hear my Saviour say,
"Wilt thou forsake me too?"
2 Ah, Lord! with such a heart as mine,
Unless thou hold me fast,
I feel I must, I shall decline,
And prove like them at last.
Unless thou hold me fast,
I feel I must, I shall decline,
And prove like them at last.
3 Yet thou alone hast power, I know,
To save a wretch like me;
To whom, or whither, could I go,
If I should turn from thee?
To save a wretch like me;
To whom, or whither, could I go,
If I should turn from thee?
4 Beyond a doubt I rest assured
Thou art the Christ of God,
Who hast eternal life secured
By promise and by blood.
Thou art the Christ of God,
Who hast eternal life secured
By promise and by blood.
5 The help of men and angels join'd
Could never reach my case;
Nor can I hope relief to find
But in thy boundless grace.
Could never reach my case;
Nor can I hope relief to find
But in thy boundless grace.
6 No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart;
No love but thine can make me bless’d.
And satisfy my heart.
And bid my fears depart;
No love but thine can make me bless’d.
And satisfy my heart.
7 What anguish has that question stirr'd,
If I will also go?
Yet, Lord, relying on thy word,
I humbly answer—No.
If I will also go?
Yet, Lord, relying on thy word,
I humbly answer—No.