Hymn
And Can I Yet Delay
- Writer
- Charles Wesley
And can I yet delay
My little all to give?
To tear my soul from earth away
For Jesus to receive?
I am coming, Lord,
Coming now to thee;
Wash me, cleanse me in the blood
That flowed on Calvary.
Nay, but I yield, I yield;
I can hold out no more:
I sink, by dying love compell'd,
And own thee conqueror.
Though late, I all forsake;
My friends, my all, resign:
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take,
And seal me ever thine.
Come, and posses me whole,
Nor hence again remove;
Settle and fix my wav'ring soul
With all thy weight of love.
And Can I Yet Delay — Text from Joy to the World, 1879. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/and-can-i-yet-delay
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote And Can I Yet Delay?
The words of And Can I Yet Delay were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1879. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including The Christian Soldier and Come, Thou long expected Jesus.
Is And Can I Yet Delay public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Joy to the World, published in 1879. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of And Can I Yet Delay?
And Can I Yet Delay is in Short Meter (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Living by Faith, The Book of Nature and Scripture and Christ's Presence Desirable.