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<h2>O THOU WHO AT THY CREATURE’S BAR</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“I am One that bear witness of Myself, and the Father that sent Me beareth witness of me.” John 8:18</h3></p>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_w_e_wesley_c.jpg" alt="Charles Wesley (1707-1788)" width="149.333333333333" height="198"></td>
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<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_w_e_wesley_c.html" target="_blank">Charles Wesley</a> (1707-1788).
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Old 113th,” attributed to <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_g_r_greiter_m.html" target="_blank">Matthäus Greiter</a>, <em>Strassburger Kirchenamt</em>, 1525 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_o_old113th.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>O Thou who at Thy creature’s bar<br>
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Thy glorious Godhead didst declare,<br>
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A true and good confession make;<br>
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Come in Thy Spirit from above<br>
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And arm me with Thy faithful love,<br>
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For Thy own truth and mercy’s sake.<br>
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Called forth by Thee Thou know’st I am,<br>
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Thy truth and mercy to proclaim,<br>
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Thy Godhead, and eternal power,<br>
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The man whom God His fellow owns,<br>
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Whom angel-powers, dominions, thrones<br>
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Through all eternity adore.</p>
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<p>Thee, high enthroned above all height,<br>
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Thee God of God, and Light of Light,<br>
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I come undaunted to confess,<br>
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With God essentially the same,<br>
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JEHOVAH, JAH, the great I AM,<br>
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The Lord of Hosts, the Prince of Peace.<br>
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The sovereign, everlasting Lord,<br>
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The glorious, unbeginning Word,<br>
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The Son of God, the Son of man,<br>
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God over heaven and earth supreme<br>
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Made flesh Thy creature to redeem,<br>
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For me incarnated, and slain.</p>
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<p>Slain for a sinful world, and me,<br>
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Our Surety hung upon the tree;<br>
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Thy body bore our guilty load:<br>
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My Lamb for sin an offering made,<br>
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The debt of all mankind hath paid,<br>
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And bought, and sprinkled us with blood.<br>
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That blood applied by faith I feel,<br>
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And come its healing power to tell,<br>
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Through which I know my sins forgiven<br>
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A witness I, that all may find<br>
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The peace deserved for all mankind,<br>
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And walk with God, my God, to heaven.</p>
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<p>I come to testify the grace<br>
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My Lord obtained for all our race,<br>
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Enough ten thousand worlds to save;<br>
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Salvation is in Jesu’s name,<br>
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Which every soul of man may claim,<br>
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And all that seek the grace, shall have.<br>
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Salvation from the power of sin,<br>
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Salvation from the root within,<br>
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Salvation into perfect love,<br>
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(Thy grace to all hath brought it near,)<br>
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An uttermost salvation here,<br>
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Salvation up to heaven above.</p>
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<p>Thy power and saving grace to show,<br>
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A warfare at Thy charge I go,<br>
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Strong in the Lord, and Thy great might,<br>
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Gladly take up the hallowed cross,<br>
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And suffering all things for Thy cause,<br>
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Beneath that bloody banner fight.<br>
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A spectacle to fiends and men,<br>
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To all their fierce or cool disdain<br>
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With calmest pity I submit;<br>
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Determined naught to know beside<br>
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My Jesus, and Him crucified,<br>
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I tread the world beneath my feet.
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<p>Superior to their smile, or frown,<br>
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On all their goods my soul looks down,<br>
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Their pleasures, wealth, and pomp, and state:<br>
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The man that dares their god despise,<br>
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The Christian, he alone is wise!<br>
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The Christian, he alone is great!<br>
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O God, let all my life declare<br>
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How happy all Thy servants are,<br>
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How far above these earthly things,<br>
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How pure when washed in Jesu’s blood,<br>
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How intimately one with God,<br>
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An heaven-born race of priests and kings.</p>
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<p>For this alone I live below,<br>
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The power of godliness to show,<br>
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The wonders wrought by Jesu’s Name.<br>
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O that I may but faithful prove,<br>
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Witness to all Thy pardoning love,<br>
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And point them to th’atoning Lamb!<br>
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Let me to every creature cry,<br>
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The poor and rich, the low and high,<br>
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“Believe, and feel thy sins forgiven!<br>
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Damned, till by Jesus saved, thou art,<br>
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Till Jesu’s blood hath washed thy heart<br>
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Thou canst not find the gate of heaven.”</p>
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<p>Thou, Jesu, Thou my breast inspire,<br>
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And touch my lips with hallowed fire,<br>
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And loose a stammering infant’s tongue;<br>
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Prepare the vessel of Thy grace,<br>
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Adorn me with the robes of praise,<br>
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And mercy shall be all my song.<br>
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Mercy for those that know not God,<br>
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Mercy for all, in Jesu’s blood,<br>
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Mercy that earth and heaven transcends;<br>
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Love, that overwhelms the saints in light,<br>
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The length, and breadth, and depth, and height<br>
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Of love Divine, which never ends.</p>
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<p>A faithful witness of Thy grace,<br>
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Long may I fill th’allotted space,<br>
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And answer all Thy great design;<br>
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Walk in the works by Thee prepared,<br>
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And find annexed the vast reward,<br>
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The crown of righteousness Divine.<br>
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When I have lived to Thee alone<br>
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Pronounce the welcome word, Well done,<br>
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And let me take my place above,<br>
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Enter into my Master’s joy,<br>
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And all eternity employ<br>
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In praise, and ecstasy, and love.</p>
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