“Will ye also go away?” John 6. 67; Ps. 73. 25
J. Newton C.M.
1
When any turn from Zion’s way,
(Alas, what numbers do!)
Methinks I hear my Saviour say,
“Wilt thou forsake me too?”
2
Ah! Lord, with such a heart as mine,
Unless thou hold me fast,
I feel I must, I shall decline,
And prove like them at last,
3
Yet thou alone hast power, I know,
To save a wretch like me;
To whom, or whither, could I go,
If I should turn from thee?
4
No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart;
No love but thine can make me blest,
And satisfy my heart.
5
What anguish has that question stirred:
If I will also go?
Yet, Lord, relying on thy word,
I humbly answer, No.
