Scripture Verse

The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the Gospel. Mark 1:15

Introduction

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Henry McGraw
(1883–1969)

Words: Ma­ri­on Clyde, in New Songs of Praise, by Al­fred E. Hel­ton et al. (Le­noir, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1913), num­ber 138.

Music: Hen­ry N. Mc­Graw (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Clyde (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Receive me now, oh! gra­cious One,
For I am lost, and all undone;
No worth have I, no oth­er plea,
Save that Thou died to ran­som me!

Refrain

Receive me now, I hum­bly pray,
And wash my sin and guilt away;
I now re­pent, con­fess, be­lieve,
Receive me, Lord, oh! now re­ceive.

Receive me now, I’ve turned from sin,
And would be free and pure with­in;
All earth­ly help can­not but fail,
Thy blood is all that can avail!

Refrain

Receive me now, for in Thy name
Thy pro­mis­es of love I claim;
Dispel my care and deep dis­tress,
Forgive each sin and ful­ly bless.

Refrain

Receive me now, and make me Thine,
For un­to Thee I all re­sign;
O keep me in Thy close em­brace
Till I be­hold Thy glo­ri­ous face!

Refrain