O God! How Often Hath Thine Ear

O God! how oft­en hath Thine ear

To me in will­ing mer­cy bowed!

While wor­ship­ing Thine al­tar near

Lowly I wept

and strong­ly vowed;

But ah! the fee­ble­ness of man!

Have I not vowed and wept in vain?

Return

O Lord of hosts

re­turn!

Behold Thy serv­ant in dis­tress;

My faith­less­ness again I mourn

Again for­give my faith­less­ness;

And to Thine arms my spir­it take

And bless me for the Sav­ior’s sake.

This day the co­ve­nant I sign

The bond of sure and pro­mised peace

Nor can I doubt its pow­er di­vine

Since sealed with Je­sus’ blood it is;

That blood I take

that blood alone

And make the co­ve­nant peace mine own.

But

that my faith no more may know

Or change

or in­ter­val

or end

Help me in all Thy paths to go

And now

as e’er

my voice at­tend

And glad­den me with an­swers mild

And dwell

O Fa­ther

with Thy child!