Christ! I Am Christ’s

Christ! I am Christ’s

and the name suf­fice you

Ay

for me too He great­ly hath suf­ficed:

Christ is the end

for Christ was the be­gin­ning

Christ the be­gin­ning

for the end is Christ.

Can it be true

the grace He is de­clar­ing?

O let us trust Him

for His words are fair.

Man

what is this

and why art thou des­pair­ing?

God shall for­give thee all but thy des­pair.

Not as one blind and deaf to our be­seech­ing

Neither for­get­ful that we are but dust

Not as from heav­ens too high for our up-reach­ing

Coldly sub­lime

in­to­ler­ably just—

Nay

but thou know­est us

Lord Christ Thou know­est

Well Thou re­mem­ber­est our fee­ble frame;

Thou canst con­ceive our high­est and our low­est

Pulses of no­ble­ness and deeds of shame.

Christ! I am Christ’s

and the name suf­fice you

Ay

for me too He great­ly hath suf­ficed:

Christ is the end

for Christ was the be­gin­ning

Christ the be­gin­ning

for the end is Christ.