Hymn
The Sinner's Prayer
- Writer
- Charles Wesley
- Meter
- Long Meter (8.8.8.8)
- Theme
- Prayer
When, gracious Lord, when shall it be,
That I shall find my all in thee!
The fullness of thy promise prove,
The seal of tine eternal love?
A poor blind child I wander here,
If haply I may feel thee near!
O dark! dark! dark! I still must say
Amid the blaze of gospel-day.
Thee, only thee I fain would find,
And cast the world and flesh behind:
Thou, only thou to me be given,
Of all thou hast in earth or heaven.
When from the arm of flesh set free,
Jesu, my soul shall fly to thee:
Jesu, when I have lost my all,
I shall upon thy bosom fall.
The Sinner's Prayer — Text from A Pocket Hymn Book, 1791. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-sinners-prayer
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Sinner's Prayer?
The words of The Sinner's Prayer were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1791. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including See How Great a Flame Aspires and Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire.
Is The Sinner's Prayer public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from A Pocket Hymn Book, published in 1791. 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 The Sinner's Prayer?
The Sinner's Prayer is in Long Meter (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, 'Twas on That Dark, That Doleful Night, God's Goodness to the Children of Men and Ride on! ride on in majesty!