Hymn

The Successful Resolve

Metre 8.6.8.6.

Come, humble sinner, in whose breast,

A thousand tho’ts revolve,

Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,

And make this last resolve;

Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,

And make this last resolve.

I’ll go to Jesus, though my sin

Hath like a mountain rose;

I know His courts, I’ll enter in,

Whatever may oppose;

I know His courts, I’ll enter in,

Whatever may oppose.

Perhaps He may admit my plea,

Perhaps will hear my prayer;

But, if I perish, I will pray,

And perish only there;

But, if I perish, I will pray,

And perish only there.

I can but perish if I go;

I am resolved to try;

But if I stay away, I know

I must forever die;

But if I stay away, I know

I must forever die.

The Successful Resolve — Text from Revival Gems No. 2, 1927. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-successful-resolve

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote The Successful Resolve?

The words of The Successful Resolve were written by Edmund Jones; the version here was published in 1927.

Is The Successful Resolve public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from Revival Gems No. 2, published in 1927. 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 The Successful Resolve?

The Successful Resolve is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Lord, it belongs not to my care, The Gospel Feast and Behold, Where in a Mortal Form.