390 7.6.8. Charles Wesley, 1749
Praying for Restoration.— Luke 22:61-62: Isaiah 53:6
JESUS, let thy pitying eye
Call back a wandering sheep;
False to thee, like Peter, I
Would fain like Peter, weep;
Let me be by grace restored,
On me be all its freeness shown;
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
Saviour, Prince, enthroned above,
Repentance to impart,
Give me, through thy dying love,
The humble, contrite heart.
Give, what I have long implored.
A portion of thy love unknown,
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
Look as when thy pitying eye
Was closed, that we might live;
“Father,” (at the point to die,
My Saviour gasped), “forgive!”
Surely, with that dying word,
He turns, and looks, and cries, “ ‘Tis done.”
my loving, bleeding Lord,
This breaks the heart of stone.
~from Gadsby's Hymns #390
According to Cyberhymnal, the original text had 12 verses.
