FATHER, I STRETCH MY HANDS TO THEE
"I have stretched out my hands unto Thee." Psalms 88:9
Words: Charles Wesley, Psalms and Hymns, 1741.
Music: "Naomi," Hans Georg Nägeli; arranged by Lowell Mason, 1836.
Father, I stretch my hands to Thee,
No other help I know;
If Thou withdraw Thyself from me,
Ah! whither shall I go?
What did Thine only Son endure,
Before I drew my breath!
What pain, what labor, to secure
My soul from endless death!
Surely Thou canst not let me die;
O speak, and I shall live;
And here I will unwearied lie,
Till Thou Thy Spirit give.
Author of faith! to Thee I lift
My weary, longing eyes:
O let me now receive that gift!
My soul without it dies.