Come, humble Sinner, in whose Breast

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Come, humble Sinner, in whose Breast

The successful Resolve'I will go in unto the King, Esther iv.16.

Poet: Edmund Jones, 1787
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

		Location in The Sacred Harp
	Stanza	Denson	Cooper
1	Come, humble Sinner, in whose Breast A thousand Thoughts revolve, Come, with your Guilt and Fear opprest; And make this last Resolve.	Fairfield 29t, Stanza 1 Never Part 94, Stanza 1	Come, Humble Sinner (Fairfield) 29t, Stanza 1
2	"I'll go to JESUS, tho' my Sin "Hath like a Mountain rose; "I know his Courts, I'll enter in, "Whatever may oppose.	Fairfield 29t, Stanza 2	Come, Humble Sinner (Fairfield) 29t, Stanza 2
3	"Prostrate I'll lie before his Throne, "And there my Guilt confess; "I'll tell him I'm a Wretch undone, "Without his sovereign Grace.
4	"I'll to the gracious King approach, "Whose Scepter Pardon gives, "Perhaps he may Command my Touch, "And then the Suppliant lives.
5	"Perhaps he will admit my Plea, "Perhaps will hear my Prayer; "But if I perish I will pray, "And perish only there.
6	"I can but perish if I go, "I am resolv'd to try: "For if I stay away, I know "I must for ever die."	Fairfield 29t, Stanza 3	Come, Humble Sinner (Fairfield) 29t, Stanza 3

Rippon, John. A Selection Hymns, From the Best Authors, Intended to Be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. 14th Edition. London: Printed and published by S.C. Ustick, 1807.