And Can It Be that I should Gain
By Charles Wesley
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die
for me?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die
for me? ’
Tis
mystery all: th’Immortal dies:
Who can explore His strange design?
In vain the firstborn seraph tries
To sound the depths of love divine.
’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.
’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore;
Let angel minds inquire no more.
He left His Father’s throne above
So free,
so
infinite His grace— Emptied Himself
of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race:
’Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me! ’
Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me!
Long
my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening
ray
I woke, the dungeon flamed with
light;
My chains fell off, my heart
was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed
Thee.
My chains fell off, my heart was
free,
I rose, went forth, and followed
Thee.
Still
the small inward voice I hear,
That whispers all my sins forgiven;
Still the atoning blood is near,
That quenched the wrath of hostile
Heaven.
I feel the life His wounds impart;
I feel the Savior in my heart.
I feel the life His wounds impart;
I feel the Savior in my heart.
No
condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine;
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach th’eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ
my own.
Bold I approach th’eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ
my own.
Source: http://www.sermonindex.net
Charles Wesley (18 December
1707 - 29 March 1788) was
a leader of the Methodist
movement,
the younger brother
of John Wesley. He is chiefly
remembered for the many hymns
he wrote.
In
the course of his career,
Charles Wesley wrote the words
of several thousand hymns,
many of which are still popular.

These include:
"And Can It Be That I Should
Gain?"
"Christ the Lord Is Risen
Today"
"Christ, Whose Glory Fills
the Skies"
"Come, O Thou Traveler unknown"
"Come, Thou Long-Expected
Jesus"
"Hail the Day that Sees Him
Rise"
"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"
"Jesu, Lover of My Soul"
"Jesus, The Name High Over
All"
"Lo! He Comes with Clouds
Descending"
"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
"O for a Thousand Tongues
to Sing"
" Rejoice, the Lord is
King"
"Soldiers of Christ, Arise"
"Ye Servants of God"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wesley
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