391    7.6.8.     C. Wesley
Praying for Restoration. Hos. 14. 4; Jer. 14. 7

1 Jesus, Friend of sinners, hear
  A feeble creature pray;
  From my debt of sin set clear,
  For I have nought to pay.
  Speak, O speak my kind release,
  A poor backsliding soul restore;
  Love me freely, seal my peace,
  And let me rove no more.

2 [Though my sins as mountains rise,
  And swell, and reach to heaven,
  Mercy is above the skies,
  And I shall stand forgiven.
  Mighty is my guilt’s increase,
  But greater is thy mercy’s store!
  Love me freely, seal my peace,
  And let me rove no more.

3 From the oppressive weight of sin,
  My struggling spirit free;
  Blood and righteousness divine
  Can rescue even me.
  Holy Spirit, shed thy grace,
  And let me feel the softening shower;
  Love me freely, seal my peace,
  And let me rove no more.