The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

I want a principle within

No. 486
Metre C. M. D.
Tune MOUNT BETHEL.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music Arr. from Richter.
Key C major
Time 6/4
3 stanzas

Words

I want a principle within,Of jealous, godly fear;A sensibility of sin,A pain to feel it near;I want the first approach to feel,Of pride or fond desire;To catch the wandering of my will,And quench the kindling fire.

From thee that I no more may part,No more thy goodness grieve,The filial awe, the fleshly heart,The tender conscience, give.Quick as the apple of an eye,O God, my conscience make;Awake my soul when sin is nigh,And keep it still awake.

If to the right or left I stray,That moment, Lord, reprove;And let me weep my life awayFor having grieved thy love.O, may the least omission painMy well-instructed soul!And drive me to the blood againWhich makes the wounded whole.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «486» (large), tune name «MOUNT BETHEL. C. M. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; the «D.» in smaller type), «ARR. FROM RICHTER.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves: under the first half of system 1, which closes with a repeat sign, two lines in braces after «1.», «{ I want a prin-ci - ple with-in, Of jeal-ous, god - ly fear; / A sen - si - bil - i - ty of sin, A pain to feel it near; }» (first and second time through that music), then «I want the first approach to feel,»; under system 2 «Of pride or fond de - sire ; To catch the wandering of my will, And quench the kin - dling fire.» («approach» and «wandering» printed unbroken under two notes each). The reference line «83, 484.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 83 and 484). Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2», «3» without periods (written «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 are indented. «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («sire ;», «make ;», «reprove ;», «soul !»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.