Come O Thou Traveller Unknown : Yield To Me Now For I Am Weak

Come, O thou Traveller unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see! My company before is gone, And I am left alone with thee; |: With thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day. :|

I need not tell thee who I am, My misery and sin declare; Thyself hast called me by my name, Look on thy hands, and read it there; |: But who, I ask thee, who art Thou? Tell me Thy name, and tell me now. :|

In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold! Art thou the Man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold; |: Wrestling, I will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know. :|

Wilt thou not yet to me reveal Thy new, unutterable name? Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell; To know it now resolved I am; |: Wrestling, I will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know. :|

’Tis all in vain to hold Thy tongue Or touch the hollow of my thigh; Though every sinew be unstrung, Out of my arms Thou shalt not fly; |: Wrestling I will not let Thee go Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. :|

What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long? I rise superior to my pain, When I am weak, then I am strong |: And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-man prevail. :|

Contented now upon my thigh I halt, till life’s short journey end; All helplessness, all weakness I On Thee alone for strength depend; |: Nor have I power from Thee to move: Thy nature, and Thy name is Love. :|

My strength is gone, my nature dies, I sink beneath Thy weighty hand, Faint to revive, and fall to rise; I fall, and yet by faith I stand; |: I stand and will not let Thee go Till I Thy Name, Thy nature know. :|

Yield to me now; for I am weak, But confident in self-despair; Speak to my heart, in blessings speak, Be conquered by my instant prayer; |: Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, And tell me if thy name is Love. :|

‘Tis love! ‘Tis love! Thou diest for me! I hear thy whisper in my heart; The morning breaks, the shadows flee, Pure, universal love thou art; |: To me, to all, thy mercies move: My nature and thy name is Love. :|

My prayer has power with God; the grace Unspeakable I now receive; Through faith I see thee face to face, I see thee face to face, and live! |: In vain I have not wept and strove: Thy nature and thy name is Love. :|

I know thee, Saviour, who thou art, Jesus, the feeble sinner’s friend; Nor wilt thou with the night depart, But stay and love me to the end; |: Thy mercies never shall remove: Thy nature and thy name is Love. :|

The Sun of Righteousness on me Has risen with healing in his wings; Withered my nature’s strength, from thee My soul its life and succour brings; |: My help is all laid up above: Thy nature and thy name is Love. :|

Lame as I am, I take the prey, Hell, earth, and sin with ease o’ercome; I leap for joy, pursue my way, And as a bounding hart fly home, |: Through all eternity to prove. Thy nature and thy name is Love. :|