The Church — Lord's Supper

Forever here my rest shall be

No. 1103
Metre C. M.
Tune WESLEY.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

Forever here my rest shall be,Close to thy bleeding side;This all my hope and all my plea:"For me the Saviour died."

My dying Saviour, and my God,Thou Fount for guilt and sin,Apply to me thy precious blood,And cleanse, and keep me clean.

Wash me, and make me thus thine own;Wash me, and mine thou art;Wash me, but not my feet alone,—My hands, my head, my heart.

The atonement of thy blood apply,Till faith to sight improve;Till hope in full fruition die,And all my soul be love.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—LORD'S SUPPER.»; hymn number «1103» (large, left), tune name «WESLEY. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); in the right margin, printed vertically and read downwards, «Copyrighted 1886» beside system 1 and «by F. E. Belden.» beside system 2 (= «Copyrighted 1886 by F. E. Belden.»). Stanza 1 is set between the staves, one text line per system, with «1.» before «For»: «For - ev - er», «bleed - ing» and «Sav - iour» are printed in syllables and joined here — «For - ev - er» has a hyphen after «For» as well, so it is written as one word, «Forever». The last verse line is printed with curly double quotes («"For me the Saviour died."»), written straight here. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the italic reference line «179, 937, 201,» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 179, 937 or 201, all C. M.; the line ends with a comma in the print, not a full stop); «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 4. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 My»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each text stanza are indented in the print. The printer's thin space before «;» («own ;», «art ;», «improve ;») is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.