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 I need not tell thee who I am,

My misery or sin declare ; Th3'self hast called me by my name ;

Look on thy hands, and read it there. But who, I ask thee, who art thou ? Tell me thy name, and tell me now.

In vain thou strugglest to get free,

I never will unloose my hold ; Art thou the Man that died for me ?

The secret of thy love unfold ; Wrestling, I will not let thee go Till I thy name, thy nature know.

What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long,

I rise superior to my pain ; When I am weak then I am strong ;

And, when my all of strength shall fail,

I shall with the God-Man prevail.

Yield to me now, for I am weak.

But confident in self-despair ; Speak to my heart, in blessings speak ;

Be conquered by my instant prayer. Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, And tell me if thy name is Love.

'Tis Love ! 'tis Love ! thou diedst for me !

I hear thy whisper in my heart ; The morning breaks, the shadows flee ;

Pure universal Love thou art ; To me, to all, thy mercies move ; Thy nature and thy name is Love.

I know thee, Saviour, who thou art, Jesus, the feeble sinner's Friend ;

Nor wilt thou with the night depart, But stay and love me to the end :

Thy mercies never shall remove ;

Thy nature and thy name is Love. 281

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