Hymn
Struggling After Christ
Ah! whither should I go,
Burdened and sick, and faint!
To whom should I my trouble show,
And pour out my complaint!
My Saviour bids me come;
Ah! why do I delay?
He calls the weary sinner home,
And yet from him I stay.
What is it keeps me back,
From which I cannot part,
Which will not let the Saviour take
Possession of my heart?
Searcher of hearts, in mine
Thy trying power display;
Into its darkest corners shine,
And take all sin awy.
Struggling After Christ — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/struggling-after-christ
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Struggling After Christ?
The words of Struggling After Christ were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including Come, Thou long expected Jesus and The Bridegroom Cometh.
Is Struggling After Christ public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. 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 metre of Struggling After Christ?
Struggling After Christ is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Like Noah's Weary Dove, The Beauty of the Church; or, Gospel Worship and Order and Children Dedicated to Christ.