1. O for a glance of heavenly day,
To take this stubborn heart away,
And thaw, with beams of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart of mine!
2. The rocks can rend; the earth can quake;
The seas can roar; the mountains shake:
Of feeling, all things show some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.
3. To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
O Lord, an adamant would melt :
But I can read each moving line.
And nothing moves this heart of mine.
4. Thy judgments, too, which devils fear –
Amazing thought! – unmoved I hear;
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To stir this stupid heart of mine.
5. But something yet can do the deed,
And that dear something much I need;
Thy Spirit can from dross refine,
And move and melt this heart of mine.
Methodist Hymn Book, 1892
1. O for a glance of heavenly day,
To take this stubborn heart away,
And thaw with beams of love divine
This heart, this frozen heart of mine!
2. The rocks can rend; the earth can quake;
The seas can roar; the mountain shake:
Of feeling, all things show some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.
3. To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
O Lord, an adamant would melt!
But I can read each moving line,
And nothing moves this heart of mine.
3. Thy judgments, too, unmoved I hear,
(Amazing thought) which devils fear:
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To stir this stupid heart of mine.
5. But something yet can do the deed;
And that blest something much I need:
Thy Spirit can from dross refine,
And melt and change this heart of mine.
English text