Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Unfaithfulness Lamented

Jesus demands this heart of mine

  • No. 575
  • Words Anne Steele.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Jesus demands this heart of mine,Demands my love, my joy, my care;But ah! how dead to things divine,How cold my best affections are!

2

'Tis sin, alas! with dreadful power,Divides my Saviour from my sight;O for one happy, cloudless hourOf sacred freedom, sweet delight!

3

Come, gracious Lord! thy love can raiseMy captive powers from sin and death,And fill my heart and life with praise,And tune my last expiring breath.

4

Take, then, O Lord, this heart of mine,My grateful love, my joy, my care;No longer dead to things divine,With thee my best affections are.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «575» (large) at the top of the right column of p. 187 (under the music of hymn 573, beside its stanza 2), with the italic reference line «787, 746, 538.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 787, 746 or 538) beside the number; four stanzas of four lines, numbered «1»–«4»; «Anne Steele.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «JESUS» is set in capitals and small capitals. No meter is printed (the text is L. M.). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («care ;», «ah !», «are !», «alas !», «sight ;», «delight !», «Lord !»); it is closed up here. Spelling («'Tis», «Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's; apostrophes are written straight.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Unfaithfulness Lamented · No. 575 · printed page 187
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01