Charles Wesley hymn

[American Blade 92]

Depth of Mercy! Can There Be


Depth of Mercy! Can There be, Mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God His wrath forbear? Me the chief of sinners, spare?
I have long withstood His grace,
Long provoked Him to His face;
Would not hearken to His calls;
Grieved Him by a thousand falls.

There for me the Saviour stands;
Shows His wounds, and spreads His hands;
God is love; I know, I feel;
Jesus weeps and loves me still.

Now incline me to repent;
Let me now my fall lament;
Now my foul revolt deplore;
Weep, believe, and sin no more.

Charles Wesley 1740

[C-WADE7]

I know praise songs seem to be the thing, but if you read and reflect on the words of many of these old hymns there is nothing like them. This describes me (and every person who believes) so well, unworthy of the love bestowed and forgiveness given, knowingly doing wrong and asking for reprieve, saved by sacrifice, washed clean by blood.

[Gtrclktr-351]

I know praise songs seem to be the thing, but if you read and reflect on the words of many of these old hymns there is nothing like them.

I agree. I WAS the Lay Leader in a United Methodist Church, until our District Superintendent virtually forced us to close. I now attend a Baptist Church but will not join because I will not get involved in church politics again.
The traditional hymns just seem to be more in line with worshipping than most of the praise and worship songs. Every once in a while, the praise and worship songwriters get it right. This one comes to mind, probably because I played it in my old church.

Come As You Are by Crowder

Come out of sadness
From wherever you've been
Come broken-hearted
Let the rescue begin

Come find your mercy
Oh, sinner, come kneel
Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal

Earth has no sorrow
That heaven can't heal

So lay down your burdens
Lay down your shame
All who are broken
Lift up your face

Oh, wanderer, come home
You're not too far
So lay down your hurt, lay down your heart
Come as you are

I think it subs well for traditional alter call.

[doglegg]

Depth of Mercy! Can There Be


Depth of Mercy! Can There be, Mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God His wrath forbear? Me the chief of sinners, spare?
I have long withstood His grace,
Long provoked Him to His face;
Would not hearken to His calls;
Grieved Him by a thousand falls.

There for me the Saviour stands;
Shows His wounds, and spreads His hands;
God is love; I know, I feel;
Jesus weeps and loves me still.

Now incline me to repent;
Let me now my fall lament;
Now my foul revolt deplore;
Weep, believe, and sin no more.

Charles Wesley 1740

A hymn very deep in truth. Thanks for sharing.

[1967redrider]

Even as a child, I liked the Wesley hymns. Our little country church close to the farm in Cumberland was United Methodist, then they bought their freedom (literally) to become Global Methodist. I refer to it as the Church in the Wildwood.

[American Blade 92]

Even as a child, I liked the Wesley hymns. Our little country church close to the farm in Cumberland was United Methodist, then they bought their freedom (literally) to become Global Methodist. I refer to it as the Church in the Wildwood.

I'm happy you have those good memories.
I also attended a small Methodist church that was located way out in the woods, many years ago. I think my favorite part of the service was the hymn singing.

[treefarmer]

I know praise songs seem to be the thing, but if you read and reflect on the words of many of these old hymns there is nothing like them. This describes me (and every person who believes) so well, unworthy of the love bestowed and forgiveness given, knowingly doing wrong and asking for reprieve, saved by sacrifice, washed clean by blood.

There's nothing wrong with praising the Lord but we are missing amazing opportunities to teach the the basic doctrines to the younger generations by not including the old hymns in our worship services! It's a sore spot with me. I have had several discussions with our pastor about this and he said, "The old hymns were new once upon a time." Our pastor is blessed with musical talent and often breaks out in a song to accompany his sermon but I notice the hymn is always an old one, not one of the newer praise songs.
The history behind the old hymns are so spiritually rich! Disasters and tragedy caused folks to reflect and they wrote poems to express there feelings, these poems set to music are a real lifeline to people needing comfort. The hymnals at church have a scripture reference on each page pointing us to understand where the thought came from. Sadly we don't even use the hymnals anymore.
I'll climb down off my soap box now.
Treefarmer