All the Fitness He Requireth is to Feel Your Need of Him

This was the prelude in church this morning and I’ve been humming it all day.

Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

Joseph Hart

Come, ye sin­ners, poor and needy,
Weak and wound­ed, sick and sore;
Jesus rea­dy stands to save you,
Full of pi­ty, love and pow­er.

Refrain

I will arise and go to Je­sus,
He will em­brace me in His arms;
In the arms of my dear Sav­ior,
O there are ten thou­sand charms.

Come, ye thirs­ty, come, and wel­come,
God’s free boun­ty glo­ri­fy;
True be­lief and true re­pent­ance,
Every grace that brings you nigh.

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Come, ye weary, hea­vy la­den,
Lost and ru­ined by the fall;
If you tar­ry till you’re bet­ter,
You will ne­ver come at all.

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View Him pros­trate in the gar­den;
On the ground your mak­er lies.
On the bloody tree be­hold Him;
Sinner, will this not suf­fice?

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Lo! th’in­car­nate God as­cend­ed,
Pleads the mer­it of His blood:
Venture on Him, ven­ture whol­ly,
Let no oth­er trust in­trude.

Refrain

Let not con­science make you lin­ger,
Not of fit­ness fond­ly dream;
All the fit­ness He re­quir­eth
Is to feel your need of Him.

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