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Come, O thou Traveller unknown,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see!
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with thee;
|: With thee all night I mean to stay,
And wrestle till the break of day.
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I need not tell thee who I am,
My misery and sin declare;
Thyself hast called me by my name,
Look on thy hands, and read it there;
|: But who, I ask thee, who art Thou?
Tell me Thy name, and tell me now.
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In vain thou strugglest to get free,
I never will unloose my hold!
Art thou the Man that died for me?
The secret of thy love unfold;
|: Wrestling, I will not let thee go,
Till I thy name, thy nature know.
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Wilt thou not yet to me reveal
Thy new, unutterable name?
Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell;
To know it now resolved I am;
|: Wrestling, I will not let thee go,
Till I thy name, thy nature know.
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’Tis all in vain to hold Thy tongue
Or touch the hollow of my thigh;
Though every sinew be unstrung,
Out of my arms Thou shalt not fly;
|: Wrestling I will not let Thee go
Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. :|
What though my
shrinking flesh complain,
And murmur to contend so long?
I rise superior to my pain,
When I am weak, then I am strong
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of strength shall fail,
I shall with the God-man prevail.
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Contented now upon my thigh
I halt, till life’s short journey end;
All helplessness, all weakness I
On Thee alone for strength depend;
|: Nor have I power from Thee to move:
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love. :|
My strength is gone, my nature dies,
I sink beneath Thy weighty hand,
Faint to revive, and fall to rise;
I fall, and yet by faith I stand;
|: I stand and will not let Thee go
Till I Thy Name, Thy nature know. :|
Yield to me now; for I am weak,
But confident in self-despair;
Speak to my heart, in blessings speak,
Be conquered by my instant prayer;
|: Speak, or thou never
hence shalt move,
And tell me if thy name is Love.
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‘Tis love! ‘Tis love!
Thou diest for me!
I hear thy whisper in my heart;
The morning breaks, the shadows flee,
Pure, universal love thou art;
|: To me, to all, thy mercies move:
My nature and thy name is Love.
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My prayer has power
with God; the grace
Unspeakable I now receive;
Through faith I see thee face to face,
I see thee face to face, and live!
|: In vain I have not wept and strove:
Thy nature and thy name is Love.
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I know thee, Saviour, who thou art,
Jesus, the feeble sinner’s friend;
Nor wilt thou with the night depart,
But stay and love me to the end;
|: Thy mercies never shall remove:
Thy nature and thy name is Love.
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The Sun of Righteousness on me
Has risen with healing in his wings;
Withered my nature’s
strength, from thee
My soul its life and succour brings;
|: My help is all laid up above:
Thy nature and thy name is Love.
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Lame as I am, I take the prey,
Hell, earth, and sin
with ease o’ercome;
I leap for joy, pursue my way,
And as a bounding hart fly home,
|: Through all eternity to prove.
Thy nature and thy name is Love.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 8 8
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Dates:
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1742
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Bible Refs:
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Gen 32:24;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1889 | # 140 | | 1962 | # 767 | | 2004 | # 835 | | 1919 | # 659 | | 1960 | # 559 | | 1920 | # 303 | | 1998 | # 539 | | 2000 | # 407 | | 1899 | # 360 | | 1904 | # 607 | | 1983 | # 243 | | 1950 | # 343 | | 1922 | # 774 | | 1983 | # 434 | | 1954 | # 339 | | 1925 | # 196 | | 1925 | # 223 | | 1931 | # 476 | | 1906 | # 378 | | 1916 | # 230 | | 1982 | # 638 | | 1986 | # 350 | | 1989 | # 386 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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DILLON
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 8 8
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 360 | Ab |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8 | | 8 8 8 8 8 8 | | 8 8 8 8 8 8 | | 8 8 8 8 8 8 | | 8 8 8 8 8 8 | | 8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
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